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Chapter 2

Hermione had walked back to the fireplace and sat down next to Neville.

"Do you think he'll be alright?" she asked, staring at the fire.

"Which of them are you talking about," Seamus asked.

"Ron, of course," Hermione said, looking at Seamus.

"I think he'll be fine," Neville said, comfortingly, patting Hermione's shoulder.

"Yeah," Seamus added. "After he's worked out some issues on Harry."

"What are you talking about," Hermione demanded standing up, still staring at Seamus.

At that moment, a blast came from the boy's dormitory door as Harry came flying through it. Splintered wood was everywhere. Harry landed hard at the bottom of the stairs in a strange position, his arm giving a loud pop.

"Harry," Hermione shrieked.

Ron walked through the remnants of the door.

"Potter, you rat," he growled. "I trusted you with everything. And you betrayed me." Ron raised his wand and shot out a blue energy ball. Harry rolled away and looked to the spot he previously occupied which was frozen.

"Somebody get a professor," he yelled to the three boys by the fire. Dean got up and ran out the portrait hole.

Harry got to his feet, clutching his dislocated arm to him, and turned to see Hermione running to him.

"Hermione, stop," he yelled.

Ron looked up and saw Hermione, his eyes glowing like fire. He watched as she threw her arms around Harry, holding him as if her life depended on it.

"NOOOOOO," Ron yelled.

Harry and Hermione were ripped away from each other. Harry was thrown against a wall while Hermione landed on a small bookshelf, knocking it over.

Harry's head was throbbing with pain from the impact with the wall. He pushed himself up onto his knees and pulled his wand from his back pocket.

"Ron, please don't do this," Harry called to him.

"You started it," Ron said through clenched teeth. "I'm just finishing it."

Ron pointed his wand at Harry and yelled "Fragra!" Fire shot out of Ron's wand forcing Harry to roll out of the way.

"IMPEDAMENTA," Harry bellowed, pointing his wand at Ron. The spell hit Ron in his legs, blasting them out from beneath him. Ron landed flat on his face.

Harry stood up and limped to where Hermione lay, his dislocated arm swinging lifelessly back and forth.

"Hermione," he called. Her body moved and he heard her groan in pain.

"WINGARDIUM LEVIOTHA," Ron yelled out from behind Harry. Harry turned and saw Ron. His bottom lip was cut and the blood flowing freely from his nostrils suggested that his nose was broken. Ron flicked his wand in Harry's direction and the Common Room's great oak table collided with Harry's body. It flew until it had Harry pinned against a wall, slowly forcing the air from his body.

"Ron, stop," Hermione cried. She was sitting on the bookcase, clutching at her hip, which smarted greatly.

"Don't talk to me, Mudblood," Ron spat. Hermione flinched at the name. There was a scraping noise and they both looked to see Harry push the oak table away from him and point his wand at Ron.

"SERPENT SORCIA," Harry bellowed. Normally, the spell produced a King Cobra. However, the spell, being magnified by Harry's anger, produced a basilisk-sized serpent.

"Stop him," Harry hissed in Parsel Mouth and the serpent bobbed its head in understanding.

The girls' dormitory door started opening in quick successions as the girls came spilling out to see the commotion. The serpent flicked its tail and knocked three girls towards the blazing fire just as the serpent bore down on Ron. Then, everything stopped.

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