A/N: I'm sorry!!! Like a week and a half this time… ahh!!! So so sorry but I am wrapping this up really soom like anywhere between 1-3 chapters left so stick with me!
Chapter 21- Stupid Ron
"Revealaro! Revealro! Revealero!" Ron let out an angry sigh as he fell back on the couch in the Gryffindor common room.
"Don't think its working." Harry said, his eyes furrowed in concentration as he re-read a passage in the Advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook. "It says here I should be surrounded by a gold light until you ask me a question…"
"I know what it's suppose to look like, Harry. Bloody spell…." Harry rolled his eyes.
"Why don't you ask Hermione to help you if you're having so much trouble with it?" Harry suggested. Ron stared at him reproachfully.
"What a brilliant idea Harry. Maybe if I ask her really nicely she won't hex me." Harry sighed exasperatedly.
"We already finished this in Defense Against the Dark Arts so what's the sudden interest in re-learning it?"
"Just something I gotta do." Ron mumbled. Harry looked at him suspiciously.
"If you don't have a problem with Hermione dating a ferret, you shouldn't have a problem with me trying to learn a simple charm." Ron snarled defensively. Harry raised an eyebrow.
"Calm down Ron, it was just a question." Harry held Ron's gaze intently for a moment before turning away. He was glad there was no one in the common room at the moment, and was extremely grateful for the quiet. Everyone in third year and above was spending the day in Hogsmede, while all the younger kids enjoyed the snow. Harry closed his eyes for a moment. He hated how Ron was acting. His best friend would almost transform into another person the moment Hermione or Draco names was mentioned. Although Harry did not like the idea of Hermione and Draco together anymore than Ron, he had grown accustomed to it and had told Hermione he understood. He could not understand why Ron just would not let it go.
"Revealeroh!" Ron yelled. Harry opened his eyes to find himself surrounded by a golden light.
"Guess it worked." Harry said coolly. Ron grinned.
"Thanks Harry. Well I gotta go, later." Harry looked bemusedly as Ron clambered out of the portrait hole.
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Hermione sat across from Draco biting her lip nervously in their common room. They were both pouring over their books anxiously.
"Find anything yet?" Draco asked yet again. Hermione shook her head in dejection. After a moment of silence, Draco decided to change the advice. "Have you told Dumbledore about You-Know-Who wanting to speak to you alone?" he asked worriedly. Hermione smiled weakly at him.
"He said it should be expected that Voldemort will try and get information from me without you around. I think Voldemort's suspicious." Draco surveyed Hermione intently. Hermione looked tired and overworked.
I can feel it…it's going to start soon.
I know.
Hermione looked up at Draco. He raised his piercing gray eyes to meet hers slowly.
How do you know? She thought, staring into his eyes.
The same way you do. I can feel it coming. He took Hermione's hand in his. Tears sprang into her eyes.
"It'll soon be over." He whispered soothingly to her. Hermione nodded sullenly. They both turned back to their books.
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Ron rushed down the hall heading from the Gryffindor common room at top speed. He smiled grimly as he felt the lump of material under his robe, reassuring himself that Harry wouldn't mind him borrowing his invisibility cloak. He stole it before he came down to the common room to practice on Harry. Ron rushed to the Head Girl and Boy's common room. He knew Hermione and Malfoy had decided to stay behind at Hogwarts instead of going to Hogsmede. Throwing Harry's invisibility cloak over him quickly, Ron checked to make sure he was completely covered before whispering the password to the startled portrait door.
"Who's there?" asked the girl in the portrait, nervously.
"Nevermind that, Gryffindors suck!" The invisible intruder hissed back. Ron's eyes widened as the portrait reluctantly opened the scene that met his eyes. Hermione and Draco were sitting at the table, staring at each other intently. Hermione looked as if she was about to cry.
"It'll soon be over." Draco whispered to Hermione, holding her hand in his. Ron's disbelief grew.
"What are you doing to her!" He yelled angrily as they turned back to the books. Hermione and Draco looked up startled to find Ron pointing his wand at Draco. Hermione reached for her wand but Ron turned to her before she could grab it.
"Petrificus Totalus!" he cried, his wand now pointed at her. Draco leapt to his feet.
"What is wrong with you, Weasel?" He yelled, charging towards him.
"Revealeroh." Ron said calmly, hitting Draco in the chest with the charm. Draco stopped long enough to glance at the golden light surrounding him.
"What did you do, Weasel." He growled.
"What are you doing to Hermione?" Ron asked calmly.
"What the hell do you mean, 'what am I doing' with her! I'm going out with her you dumb fuck!"
"Why?" Ron tried again.
"Because I'm in love with her you asshole! Now what are you playing at!" Draco advanced on Ron.
"Why was Hermione crying?" Ron asked softly, not perturbed at all by Draco's advancement.
"None of your business, Weasel." The golden glow around Draco turned a deep red at his refusal to answer when he felt a sharp pain in his side. "What the hell, you dipshit! The revealer charm isn't supposed to hurt me!" He cried out, his face contorted in pain and fury. Ron smile faltered.
"Um, well then I guess you should answer truthfully." He suggested nervously. Draco looked at him maliciously, the pain making him fall in a heap to the ground.
"Weasel…" he growled angrily.
"Just answer the question!" Ron yelled at him nervously, turning quite pale. He wondered what would happen if it didn't stop. Draco grit his teeth in an attempt not to answer, but felt the word come out of his mouth before he could stop them.
"Her- Hermione and I are Death Eaters." He gasped as the pain started ebbing away. "We're spies for Dumbledore, trying to help him in the final battle against Voldemort. 'Mione was cry- crying because we both kn- know the battle is approaching, and approaching fast. She's scared. We both are." Draco looked up at Ron to find Ron staring at him. Feeling his head clear, Draco jumped up and grabbed Ron's wand, pointing it at him.
"STUPIDIFY!" Draco shouted wearily, watching Ron fall to the ground in a heap. He ran to Hermione and removed the spell from her instantly.
"Oh my God…" Hermione broke down, sobbing. Draco held her to him, eyeing Ron over her shoulder.
"We have to tell Dumbledore…" he said, but before Hermione could respond they both felt an indescribable pain in their left arms. Each grabbing their own arm, they looked at each other, eyes wide with terror.
It's time. Swiftly, they grabbed a handful of floo powder. Hermione urgently alerted Dumbledore in her mind before whizzing away from Ron and the castle. They were oblivious to the snow that was falling silently around it, enveloping into darkness.
A/N: I know this chapter is really short… really really sorry but its important lol. anyway I have only one more chapter or so left not sure yet but this is wrapping up soon so please review it really motivates me to get these out now that I'm really busy with winter sports. So sorry I've been slacking and thanks for reading!