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Chapter 4-Time Doesn't Heal All
"Oh, well, then, right class lets get moving. We're going to start out with a little bit of learning, and we'll do practical lessons starting with the 2nd term. Quills out, and open your "Whats Out There and How to Kill It" to page 6, and we'll discuss common Dark Creatures and take notes on them for today."
The class went relatively smoothily, and when the final bell rang, Harry decided to confront Minnie.
"Minnie, could I see you for a moment please?"
"Oh, yes of course Professor. What did you want to see me about."
"Has your father ever mentioned me? Has he ever said anything about Harry Potter?"
"Oh! Well, he used to talk about you all the time. Then it stopped. He doesn't say much about you, and thats been going on since I was 6."
"Hmm, well, umm....Just tell him I said hi."
"You know you really should talk to him."
"Wha...what?" Harry said, slightly taken about by the sponteinity of this comment.
"Well, from the looks of it, you stopped talking to him. He was kinda hurt by that, and I think you owe him at least an explination."
"Ron knows why I had to leave. He must understand, I mean, I didn't want to..." but then he stopped. He didn't need to hear this from a student. What annoyed him so much, he was hearing from 1 of his students. No.
"Erm, thank you Ms. Weasley, that will be all for today."
And as she left, Harry sat down. Harry thought that he deserved to know something this big, in 1 of his best friends life, even if they hadn't spoken in a long time.
After leaving his thoughs there, Harry went to the teacher's lounge, and enjoyed a nice Beef Stew for dinner, then went to bed looking forward to a nice weekend at the end of term.
Harry lied down in his bed, thinking of nothing, and looking into space, when an owl showed up at his window, and started pecking it for him to open.
He rose, and let the owl in, to find a letter there. From who? He did not know, but when he found out, needless to say, it was a shock.
Hey Mate,
What have you been up to. I'm sure you already know by now, but my baby girl is in your class. I had no idea you would be teaching at Hogwarts. Congratulations!!! I know I should have told you about Parvati being pregneant and all, but I wasn't sure if you were in the mood, to be recieving post. Its a terrible excuse I know, but I wanna see you again man. Catch up on old times. Lets have lunch tomorow at my flat, you can use Floo Powder to get over here. 3 sound OK to ya? Well, send reply back with Paracles. Hope you come. 4452 Allusia Ave.
Your Old Pal,
Ron
This was the last thing Harry expected the Owl to say. He would have expected it more for someone to tell him Voldemort had returned, and was Minister of Magic on the good side.
Was he going to go? Harry had very little time to decide as the owl was beginning to stir, and Harry thought she might leave without a response if he dind't give it soon.
'Well, what do I have to lose right? I mean if the worst that could happen is that we get mad and I leave, which puts me were I am now, so yea, lets see what happens. Who knows, with any luck, we can be friends again.
Hey Ron,
Wasn't expecting a letter from you in a million years. I'd be glad to meet for lunch, be there at 3 tomorow. See you then.
From,
Harry
That looked alright, and so he tied it to the Owl's leg, and threw out, more forcefully than he intended, out the window.
'Well,' he though to himslef, 'I wonder how thats gonna go. What am I going to tell him if he asks why I haven't wrote. I could say there's no parchment around here. Well thats dumb, I'm in a school. How about that I am not supposed to talk about the night Voldemort was killed. Thats not too bad. '
'Well, why do I have to lie. What is the truth? Why don't I want to see my friends? Is it because leaving them once was hard enough? No. Thats not it. I don't want to see them, because I feel like I've done something wrong. I feel guilty about something.'
'I haven't done anything wrong though. Wait. Yes I have. I left and didn't say bye. Didn't leave a note. Didn't write after. Just left. I had go reason. They deserved an explination. I couldn't tell them were I was going. I could tell them why though.'
It was as if 2 voices in his head were arguing back and forth. He couldn't stand it. He would deal with it if it came up. Harry went to bed mangled in thoughts.
As the sun rose the next day, so did Harry. He got out of bed and checked his watch. 7:30 it read. It was still very early, and hours before he would visit Ron, so he decided he could take his time with breakfast, which would give him a good time to think.
Harry walked down to the teacher's lounge, and asked one of the house elves there, if she could bring him some breakfast.
"Of-Of course sirs. What would you be liking Professor-Sir."
"Oh, just the usual, bacon, pourdige, and some orange juice would do fine please."
"Of course sirs. Sappa will get sirs request done right away sir."
And with that, the excited little house elf was gone. It took only 5 minutes for her to return with plenty of food, and a carton of orange juice for Harry.
"Umm, thanks a bunch Sappa."
"Sappa is more than pleased she could satisfy her master. Sappa must be getting on now, she has to prepare in the kitchens sir."
After Harry had finished eating, he checked his watch. Though Harry had purposely eaten slowly, it had only taken him 30 minutes to eat all of the food brought to him.
'Well, seeing as how I wouldn't want to show up in Ron's living room, when I haven't seen him in years, I think I will apparate.'
Harry began to descend the flight of stairs which led to the Entrance Hall. He was going to Hogsmeade, so that he could apparate. With so much time, Harry decided to do a few other things before he left.
When Harry reached the Three Broomsticks, he got a Butterbeer, and left to take care of some things.
Harry apparated to Diagon Alley, then walked down the street to "Fighting the Good Fight, A Shop for Defense Against the Dark Arts".
"How may I help you?" The sales assistant behind the counter asked.
"I was wondering if you had any ways to practice mirror charms, without students hexing each other too badly."
"As a matter of fact, we just got in some of our new Reflecto-Mirrors. If a person hits the mirror with a spell, while they are looking into it, the spell will be reflected right back at them. Perfect for practicing Mirror Charms, and combing your hair! If you buy today, we'll give you this complimentary magical hair brush. Absolutely FREE! Pay today by gold, or credit." Said the woman, in a clearly rehersed tele-marketer voice.
"Umm, thanks. I'll take 10 Reflecto-Mirrors, to be delivered to Hogwarts. I'll pay by gold." And Harry filled out some forms, and handed the woman a large bag full of gold.
It was now 2:15, and Harry had almost finished what he came to do. He had just enough time to go down to Knockturn Alley, and pick up a Box Banger, for his 3rd years.
After he finished, he hurried back over to the castle, put all of his purchases away, and retrieved the letter, so he knew were to apparate to. He scrambled down to Hogsmeade, not wanting to be late, and apparated to Ron's front door.
2:57, he had just made it. He knocked on the door to a somewhat small apartment for a family of 3. Ron opened the door a few seconds later.
He had grown quite a bit since Harry had last seen him, he looked more built, probably from constant Quiditch, and had more frackles than Harry had ever noticed. Ron was about Harry's height, and at the moment, was grinning ear to ear.
"How you doin' mate?" And he gave Harry a huge hug, in which Harry came out short of breath.
"You gonna kill me or say hi?"
"I'm sorry man, its been so long. How ya' been man, how ya been?"
"Well, I'm doing OK for now. Getting along alright, and how about you. You ran off and had kids, and I hadn;t a clue for years."
"Oh, about that. Well, you weren't supposed to know, because Dumbledore thought you might want to come back while Voldemort was in power, and that would put a lot of people in danger. You understand mate, dont you?"
"Yeah, of course. IT came as a bit of a shock though, umm, Ron, can I come in?"
"Mama mia, I didn't notice we were still out here, come in, come in."
"Mama mia? Where did that come from?"
"Oh, Parv has me learning spanish. Crusaders are going to Brazil for a couple weeks for training. Coach Himbrough wants to scrimmage with some foreign talent, see if he can fix the offense. We've been needing some practice with our chasing."
As they walked into the apartment, Harry at once knew it had gone under some magical changes. It was MUCH bigger than it looked, with 4 rooms, and 2 bathrooms, and a kitchen with an island. Definitely enough room.
"You want something to eat. I ordered some pizza, muggle food, its surprisingly good, but I don't know if you've had any breakfast."
"No, I'm okay. You've been trying muggle food? How did that happen?" And it was like they had seen each other yesterday. They laughed a little, and where having a general OK time, until about 6:00, when someone knocked at the door.
"Wonder who that could be, Parvati said she wouldn't be back until about 10:00, who could be at the door, I wonder who is knocking in front of the doorstep, without a previous arrangement." Said Ron, though is voice went up a bit when he said "without a previous arrangement". It was as if he knew what was going on but didn't want to give himself up.
He suspicously walked to the door, and opened.
Harry saw a woman in the doorway, though she couldn't see him. She was very pretty, and had curly brown hair, and beautiful eyes. Who could that be, and just as he was about to go introduce himself, he heard Ron say
"Well, Hermione, this is a nice surprise."
"What're you on about Ron, you told me to be here for dinner at 6, have you lost it?"
"I did nothing of the sort Hermione Elizabeth Granger. Well, I guess its too late now, why don't you just come inside, and we all can have dinner."
"All?" Said Hermione as she peered around Ron, inside of the apartment.
The look on her face was undescribable(though I'm going to try and describe it lol). It appeared as though someone had hit her with a stomach filtering charm, and she was about to throw up everything inside of her. She was shocked. Her face was filled with doubt, as though she didn't believe that Harry really was here.
She walked over to him, and they stared at each other for a second or to until Harry spoke.
"Hi Hermione." He said Awkwardly.
"Wha-Hi Hermione? Hi Hermione? HI HERMIONE?" You dissapear for ELEVEN years, without anything but 3 or 4 pitiful letters. Not one visit, not one real letter, not one muggle phone call, not 1 hint of presence around here for ELEVEN years, and all you can say is HI HERMIONE?"
She looked furious. She slapped Harry across the face, which took him by complete surprise.
"How could you! You leave us for 11 years. 11 YEARS! Do you know how long that is? Where were you when The Burrow was attacked? Where were you when Ron needed someone's help raising his baby? Where were you when Hagrid died? Where were you when we needed you? WHEN I NEEDED YOU? You know were, you were gone. You ran away Harry, and you left me and Ron high and dry. Oh MY God Ron, how could you not tell me you invited him here? I have to leave!"
She stormed out of the apartment, slamming the door shut magically, though it was clear that she hadn't lost control, and was just so furious that she wanted to do it.
"Well, that could have been worse."
"How could you bring her here without warning me? I might have been able to handle things better with a little warning."
"I thought it would be nice for us to start being like old times. You know" He said, very dissapointed.
"OH! You thought with 1 visit, everybody would be happy again, that everything would beOK, because you wantedit to be? Smart as ever aren't you Ron?"
"You're the 1 that left, and made everything hard for us. You chickened out, you couldn't handle it. You haven't even told us what you were really doing for 11 years Harry. Come on, spill it. And don't tell me you were being an Auror, and fighting the good fight, because thats bull-shit. You were running. From what I don't know, so come on Harry, out with it. Lets hear what you've got to say, since your so quick to blame everyone else, lets find out why its not your fault."
"I never said it wasn't my fault. You were the 1 that invited me. If you want to argue then I'm leaving."
"Fine, see you in eleven years I guess!"
And with that, Harry pulled a pinch of Floo Powder out of his cloak, walked over to Ron's fireplace, threw in the Floo Powder, stepped inside, and yelled more than said,
"Hogwarts, Defense Against the Dark Arts Office."
And with that he was back at Hogwarts.
Still mad at Ron for what he had tried to do. He went to bed thinking. Thinking about Hermione. It had felt so good to see her again, and yet she was so mad at him, how could she ever forgive him. And 400 miles away, Hermione was wondering the same thing.
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Well theres Chapter 4. I know it took forever, but I've been reading and analyzing Book V for some time now, and now that I've finished that, I decided to continue with this again. Tell me what you guys think. Please R/R. It makes writing so much easier.
Chapter 4-Time Doesn't Heal All
"Oh, well, then, right class lets get moving. We're going to start out with a little bit of learning, and we'll do practical lessons starting with the 2nd term. Quills out, and open your "Whats Out There and How to Kill It" to page 6, and we'll discuss common Dark Creatures and take notes on them for today."
The class went relatively smoothily, and when the final bell rang, Harry decided to confront Minnie.
"Minnie, could I see you for a moment please?"
"Oh, yes of course Professor. What did you want to see me about."
"Has your father ever mentioned me? Has he ever said anything about Harry Potter?"
"Oh! Well, he used to talk about you all the time. Then it stopped. He doesn't say much about you, and thats been going on since I was 6."
"Hmm, well, umm....Just tell him I said hi."
"You know you really should talk to him."
"Wha...what?" Harry said, slightly taken about by the sponteinity of this comment.
"Well, from the looks of it, you stopped talking to him. He was kinda hurt by that, and I think you owe him at least an explination."
"Ron knows why I had to leave. He must understand, I mean, I didn't want to..." but then he stopped. He didn't need to hear this from a student. What annoyed him so much, he was hearing from 1 of his students. No.
"Erm, thank you Ms. Weasley, that will be all for today."
And as she left, Harry sat down. Harry thought that he deserved to know something this big, in 1 of his best friends life, even if they hadn't spoken in a long time.
After leaving his thoughs there, Harry went to the teacher's lounge, and enjoyed a nice Beef Stew for dinner, then went to bed looking forward to a nice weekend at the end of term.
Harry lied down in his bed, thinking of nothing, and looking into space, when an owl showed up at his window, and started pecking it for him to open.
He rose, and let the owl in, to find a letter there. From who? He did not know, but when he found out, needless to say, it was a shock.
Hey Mate,
What have you been up to. I'm sure you already know by now, but my baby girl is in your class. I had no idea you would be teaching at Hogwarts. Congratulations!!! I know I should have told you about Parvati being pregneant and all, but I wasn't sure if you were in the mood, to be recieving post. Its a terrible excuse I know, but I wanna see you again man. Catch up on old times. Lets have lunch tomorow at my flat, you can use Floo Powder to get over here. 3 sound OK to ya? Well, send reply back with Paracles. Hope you come. 4452 Allusia Ave.
Your Old Pal,
Ron
This was the last thing Harry expected the Owl to say. He would have expected it more for someone to tell him Voldemort had returned, and was Minister of Magic on the good side.
Was he going to go? Harry had very little time to decide as the owl was beginning to stir, and Harry thought she might leave without a response if he dind't give it soon.
'Well, what do I have to lose right? I mean if the worst that could happen is that we get mad and I leave, which puts me were I am now, so yea, lets see what happens. Who knows, with any luck, we can be friends again.
Hey Ron,
Wasn't expecting a letter from you in a million years. I'd be glad to meet for lunch, be there at 3 tomorow. See you then.
From,
Harry
That looked alright, and so he tied it to the Owl's leg, and threw out, more forcefully than he intended, out the window.
'Well,' he though to himslef, 'I wonder how thats gonna go. What am I going to tell him if he asks why I haven't wrote. I could say there's no parchment around here. Well thats dumb, I'm in a school. How about that I am not supposed to talk about the night Voldemort was killed. Thats not too bad. '
'Well, why do I have to lie. What is the truth? Why don't I want to see my friends? Is it because leaving them once was hard enough? No. Thats not it. I don't want to see them, because I feel like I've done something wrong. I feel guilty about something.'
'I haven't done anything wrong though. Wait. Yes I have. I left and didn't say bye. Didn't leave a note. Didn't write after. Just left. I had go reason. They deserved an explination. I couldn't tell them were I was going. I could tell them why though.'
It was as if 2 voices in his head were arguing back and forth. He couldn't stand it. He would deal with it if it came up. Harry went to bed mangled in thoughts.
As the sun rose the next day, so did Harry. He got out of bed and checked his watch. 7:30 it read. It was still very early, and hours before he would visit Ron, so he decided he could take his time with breakfast, which would give him a good time to think.
Harry walked down to the teacher's lounge, and asked one of the house elves there, if she could bring him some breakfast.
"Of-Of course sirs. What would you be liking Professor-Sir."
"Oh, just the usual, bacon, pourdige, and some orange juice would do fine please."
"Of course sirs. Sappa will get sirs request done right away sir."
And with that, the excited little house elf was gone. It took only 5 minutes for her to return with plenty of food, and a carton of orange juice for Harry.
"Umm, thanks a bunch Sappa."
"Sappa is more than pleased she could satisfy her master. Sappa must be getting on now, she has to prepare in the kitchens sir."
After Harry had finished eating, he checked his watch. Though Harry had purposely eaten slowly, it had only taken him 30 minutes to eat all of the food brought to him.
'Well, seeing as how I wouldn't want to show up in Ron's living room, when I haven't seen him in years, I think I will apparate.'
Harry began to descend the flight of stairs which led to the Entrance Hall. He was going to Hogsmeade, so that he could apparate. With so much time, Harry decided to do a few other things before he left.
When Harry reached the Three Broomsticks, he got a Butterbeer, and left to take care of some things.
Harry apparated to Diagon Alley, then walked down the street to "Fighting the Good Fight, A Shop for Defense Against the Dark Arts".
"How may I help you?" The sales assistant behind the counter asked.
"I was wondering if you had any ways to practice mirror charms, without students hexing each other too badly."
"As a matter of fact, we just got in some of our new Reflecto-Mirrors. If a person hits the mirror with a spell, while they are looking into it, the spell will be reflected right back at them. Perfect for practicing Mirror Charms, and combing your hair! If you buy today, we'll give you this complimentary magical hair brush. Absolutely FREE! Pay today by gold, or credit." Said the woman, in a clearly rehersed tele-marketer voice.
"Umm, thanks. I'll take 10 Reflecto-Mirrors, to be delivered to Hogwarts. I'll pay by gold." And Harry filled out some forms, and handed the woman a large bag full of gold.
It was now 2:15, and Harry had almost finished what he came to do. He had just enough time to go down to Knockturn Alley, and pick up a Box Banger, for his 3rd years.
After he finished, he hurried back over to the castle, put all of his purchases away, and retrieved the letter, so he knew were to apparate to. He scrambled down to Hogsmeade, not wanting to be late, and apparated to Ron's front door.
2:57, he had just made it. He knocked on the door to a somewhat small apartment for a family of 3. Ron opened the door a few seconds later.
He had grown quite a bit since Harry had last seen him, he looked more built, probably from constant Quiditch, and had more frackles than Harry had ever noticed. Ron was about Harry's height, and at the moment, was grinning ear to ear.
"How you doin' mate?" And he gave Harry a huge hug, in which Harry came out short of breath.
"You gonna kill me or say hi?"
"I'm sorry man, its been so long. How ya' been man, how ya been?"
"Well, I'm doing OK for now. Getting along alright, and how about you. You ran off and had kids, and I hadn;t a clue for years."
"Oh, about that. Well, you weren't supposed to know, because Dumbledore thought you might want to come back while Voldemort was in power, and that would put a lot of people in danger. You understand mate, dont you?"
"Yeah, of course. IT came as a bit of a shock though, umm, Ron, can I come in?"
"Mama mia, I didn't notice we were still out here, come in, come in."
"Mama mia? Where did that come from?"
"Oh, Parv has me learning spanish. Crusaders are going to Brazil for a couple weeks for training. Coach Himbrough wants to scrimmage with some foreign talent, see if he can fix the offense. We've been needing some practice with our chasing."
As they walked into the apartment, Harry at once knew it had gone under some magical changes. It was MUCH bigger than it looked, with 4 rooms, and 2 bathrooms, and a kitchen with an island. Definitely enough room.
"You want something to eat. I ordered some pizza, muggle food, its surprisingly good, but I don't know if you've had any breakfast."
"No, I'm okay. You've been trying muggle food? How did that happen?" And it was like they had seen each other yesterday. They laughed a little, and where having a general OK time, until about 6:00, when someone knocked at the door.
"Wonder who that could be, Parvati said she wouldn't be back until about 10:00, who could be at the door, I wonder who is knocking in front of the doorstep, without a previous arrangement." Said Ron, though is voice went up a bit when he said "without a previous arrangement". It was as if he knew what was going on but didn't want to give himself up.
He suspicously walked to the door, and opened.
Harry saw a woman in the doorway, though she couldn't see him. She was very pretty, and had curly brown hair, and beautiful eyes. Who could that be, and just as he was about to go introduce himself, he heard Ron say
"Well, Hermione, this is a nice surprise."
"What're you on about Ron, you told me to be here for dinner at 6, have you lost it?"
"I did nothing of the sort Hermione Elizabeth Granger. Well, I guess its too late now, why don't you just come inside, and we all can have dinner."
"All?" Said Hermione as she peered around Ron, inside of the apartment.
The look on her face was undescribable(though I'm going to try and describe it lol). It appeared as though someone had hit her with a stomach filtering charm, and she was about to throw up everything inside of her. She was shocked. Her face was filled with doubt, as though she didn't believe that Harry really was here.
She walked over to him, and they stared at each other for a second or to until Harry spoke.
"Hi Hermione." He said Awkwardly.
"Wha-Hi Hermione? Hi Hermione? HI HERMIONE?" You dissapear for ELEVEN years, without anything but 3 or 4 pitiful letters. Not one visit, not one real letter, not one muggle phone call, not 1 hint of presence around here for ELEVEN years, and all you can say is HI HERMIONE?"
She looked furious. She slapped Harry across the face, which took him by complete surprise.
"How could you! You leave us for 11 years. 11 YEARS! Do you know how long that is? Where were you when The Burrow was attacked? Where were you when Ron needed someone's help raising his baby? Where were you when Hagrid died? Where were you when we needed you? WHEN I NEEDED YOU? You know were, you were gone. You ran away Harry, and you left me and Ron high and dry. Oh MY God Ron, how could you not tell me you invited him here? I have to leave!"
She stormed out of the apartment, slamming the door shut magically, though it was clear that she hadn't lost control, and was just so furious that she wanted to do it.
"Well, that could have been worse."
"How could you bring her here without warning me? I might have been able to handle things better with a little warning."
"I thought it would be nice for us to start being like old times. You know" He said, very dissapointed.
"OH! You thought with 1 visit, everybody would be happy again, that everything would beOK, because you wantedit to be? Smart as ever aren't you Ron?"
"You're the 1 that left, and made everything hard for us. You chickened out, you couldn't handle it. You haven't even told us what you were really doing for 11 years Harry. Come on, spill it. And don't tell me you were being an Auror, and fighting the good fight, because thats bull-shit. You were running. From what I don't know, so come on Harry, out with it. Lets hear what you've got to say, since your so quick to blame everyone else, lets find out why its not your fault."
"I never said it wasn't my fault. You were the 1 that invited me. If you want to argue then I'm leaving."
"Fine, see you in eleven years I guess!"
And with that, Harry pulled a pinch of Floo Powder out of his cloak, walked over to Ron's fireplace, threw in the Floo Powder, stepped inside, and yelled more than said,
"Hogwarts, Defense Against the Dark Arts Office."
And with that he was back at Hogwarts.
Still mad at Ron for what he had tried to do. He went to bed thinking. Thinking about Hermione. It had felt so good to see her again, and yet she was so mad at him, how could she ever forgive him. And 400 miles away, Hermione was wondering the same thing.
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Well theres Chapter 4. I know it took forever, but I've been reading and analyzing Book V for some time now, and now that I've finished that, I decided to continue with this again. Tell me what you guys think. Please R/R. It makes writing so much easier.