Chapter 6: Day 4, February 2
"I would wipe that stupid smile off that face of yours Weasley, what you did in my classroom is no laughing matter" said Snape icily.
"Well I thought it was quite funny myself. Don't you have a sense of humour?" replied Ron still smiling.
"Weasley, it would be so easy to expel you from Hogwarts and be rid of you" said Snape
"Well . . . " said Ron sounding hopeful
"Well, I'm not gonna expel you Weasley. I'm not even going to tell the headmaster what you did today" said Snape.
Ron was now eyeing Snape wondering if he had heard him correctly. "What did you say professor?"
"You heard me Weasley" replied Snape
"What's the catch?" said Ron narrowing his eyes
"The Catch is Mr Weasley, is that for the rest of this year you are to serve detention with me every night in the dungeons. And believe me, before this year is over you will wish expulsion."
This made Ron very upset, but then he realized that it was possible that by this time tomorrow Snape would have forgotten everything and Ron would be doomed to once again repeat this day.
"No problem professor, I'd be glad to serve detention every night" smiled Ron
Ron's lack of disappointment seemed to send Snape back into a dreadful mood. "Very well Mr. Weasley, you can forget about the rest of your school day and get to work on cleaning my classroom, no magic."
"But, but what about lunch? I'm not doing a thing until I eat" snapped Ron who technically never ate anything in days.
"You are not in a position to make demands Weasley. Now get to work or I'll make sure you'll..."
"You'll do what?" replied Ron
Snape was very taken aback at Ron's apparent problem with authority and decided that he was not going to let Ron push him around.
"Very well Weasley I gave you the chance, I gave you opportunity to save yourself and now it is apparent that you do not want redemption. I will report this to the Headmaster and he will take care of you himself." growled Snape.
"Finally, that's the most intelligent thing I've heard from you Snape"
Snape looked at Ron in amazement.
"Come with me Weasley, NOW" shouted Snape.
Ron spent about an hour waiting by the entrance to Professor Dumbledore's office. Ron figured that Snape was in Dumbledore's office alone to talk to the Headmaster about what he did in the potions class earlier this morning and to discuss his punishment or even expulsion.
Ron was thinking about what he had done today and the fact that it had been the most exciting and scariest day of his life. Not only did Ron suddenly develop a backbone when it came to putting up with Snape, he had also done things that he thought he could never do like correctly make a complicated potion like the Cruxtitions potion and also helping Neville get a moment in the spotlight.
The fact that Neville and the rest of the Gryffindor's that Snape tested all had perfect marks on their potion brought a smile to his face.
He had also thought about Hermione, true she was one of his best friends but was that all he wanted?
"She's my best friend Ron, don't think about her that way. She's probably not interested it you anyway" Ron told himself.
"But what if. . ."
Whatever Ron was thinking at the moment was put on hold because Snape had come out of the office with a nasty look on his face.
"The Headmaster would like to see you now Weasley" growled Snape.
Ron got up out of his chair and winked at Snape as he headed toward Dumbledore's office. Snape didn't say anything to Ron but Ron could hear Snape making a 'grrrrr' sound as he left.
Ron took a deep breath as he entered to office. He was greeted by professor Dumbledore who was sitting at his desk. Ron couldn't tell wether or not Dumbledore was angry or disappointed but felt that the headmaster would be surely give him a telling off.
"Yes Mr. Weasley, please come sit down." said Professor Dumbledore
"Sir I know you must feel extremely disappointed in me now. Please let me explain myself before you hand out my punishment" said Ron very quickly.
Dumbledore gave a weak smile and nodded.
"Well sir this might sound completely nutters but it's like this. I've been stuck repeating this day February 2nd for the past 4 days" explained Ron.
Dumbledore nodded and said "go on Mr. Weasley."
"I keep waking up at exactly 8:30AM and the day starts off just like the previous February 2nd's. I seem to be the only one remembering the time lapse sir. I wake up, and all the events occur all over again. It's like there's no tomorrow and no one but me knows or senses it" said Ron hysterically.
"That's why I had to see sir what would happen if I were to do something outrageous. Since I'm convinced that no one will remember the next day."
"I see" said Dumbledore
"Sir I know this sounds very batty, but I think you know me better than that sir. I would never do something like this if I wasn't strongly compelled to do so. I want to get out of this time warp sir" said Ron sounding gloomy.
"Is that all Mr. Weasley?" asked Dumbledore
Ron let out a sigh and put his head down "I guess so Professor"
"Well than Mr. Weasley I have a few words of my own. I believe you Mr. Weasley" said Dumbledore.
Ron looked up and was ecstatic. "You do sir?"
"Yes Mr. Weasley I believe you. I know that you are not the kind of student that would normally cause that much trouble. And I don't blame you in the fact that you seem to be reliving the same day over and over again causing something drastic."
"Sir do you know what's the cause of this time warp?"
Dumbledore looked at Ron for a moment and replied "no, I'm sorry Mr. Weasley I do not"
Ron's stomach churned.
"Mr. Weasley my guess is that this is some kind of powerful magic that has been placed onto you."
"Well is there anyway to stop it" Ron said eagerly
"I'm afraid I'm not the one to help you Mr.Weasley. The only person that can stop this is you."
"But sir I don't even know why this is happening or how" said Ron a bit angry
Dumbledore gave Ron an understanding smile "I know how you must feel Mr. Weasley. My best advise I can give you is that you have to make the best of the situation that is put forth onto you. Time is a tricky thing"
"Time is infinite and precious Mr. Weasley. It is not time that is using you, it is you that is using time. In order to help yourself, you must use time to your advantage."
If Ron was feeling confused before it was nothing compared to what he was feeling now. Ron wanted to ask more questions but he knew that his time was up.
"Now Mr. Weasley, I will not be expelling you as I have already told Professor Snape. But he has requested that you spend the rest of the day in his supervision"
"Yes sir" replied Ron nodding.
"It won't be so terrible Mr. Weasley, after all you will have a fresh start tomorrow" said Dumbledore and smiled at Ron.
"Yes sir" said Ron quietly and nodded.
"Off you go than" said Dumbledore still smiling.
Ron left the Headmasters office feeling lost and confused by Dumbledore's words. He was about to head down to the Great Hall for some food when he found Snape waiting for him.
"Well Weasley it seems the Headmaster has decided to be merciful and not rid us of your stupidity. However as of now you are in my supervision and that means you are to serve the most severe detentions for the rest of the school year" snarled Snape.
Ron just stared at Snape not saying a word
"Weasley your actions today have permitted me to use the old dungeon cells again. You will go there and spend the remainder of the day and the night in confinement" said Snape with a grin.
"Are you serious?" said Ron
"I am dead serious Weasley" sneered Snape.
"You will have the opportunity to think about your actions while in the dungeons. And let us hope that spending the night there alone will knock some sense into that small brain of yours "
Ron thought about this for a moment, and finally decided that he had enough excitement to last him today, so he agreed to the lock up.
Ron had never been a cell before, but figured that it would be a lot cleaner than the one he was registered to. The cell was not your ordinary muggle police cell. It was dark, damp, dirty, and smelled extremely fowl.
"I have to spend the night in here?" asked Ron.
"YES" said Snape with a hint of satisfaction in his voice.
Ron gave a long whistle than said "Whoa, a five star cell hey?"
Snape shoved Ron into the cell, slammed the door shut and put a charm on the lock.
"I will collect you at 8AM tomorrow morning Weasley " said Snape as he headed for the door
"No need to pro-fess-sor, I kind of like it down here in this cozy cell, there's no need to rush me out of here that early tomorrow morning" yelled a smiling Ron making sure Snape could hear him and trying to further push Snape's buttons once more before he left.
Snape stopped for a moment and than turned to face Ron. He opened his mouth but never said anything; he just clenched his teeth, snarled and left slamming the door.
Ron tried the best he could to make the old mouldy bed as clean and as comfortable as possible, than lied down on the bed.
Ron laid there in his cell for the rest of the day and spent hours and hours on end thinking of various things like Harry and the dark lord, Quidditch, his family, etc. When occupied his time by thinking about Harry's situation with the dark lord and how Harry was going to overcome this, he began thinking why.
"Why am I thinking of the dark lord? Looks as though that day won't ever come" said Ron talking to himself.
"No, no I have to think positively that I'm going to get of out this time warp."
Ron thought "Will I wake up tomorrow and start February 2nd all over again or will tomorrow actually happen?"
Than his mind wandered to Dumbledore and what he had said earlier. He remembered the Headmaster saying "You have to make the best of the situation that is put forth onto you."
"Time is infinite and precious Mr. Weasley. It is not time that is using you, it is you that is using time. In order to help yourself, you must use time to your advantage."
Ron's Head was beginning to hurt with the words that professor Dumbledore had said to him earlier.
Than to relieve his pain his mind wandered to Hermione.
"Damn" he thought.
"She could be so annoying, and yet so nice. Why do we always have to argue about everything? She's probably still owling that bloody Krum."
"Stop Ron stop. Don't do this. Don't add this to your list or worries. She's not interested and neither am I" he said trying to convince himself that he's not interested in Hermione Granger in any way but as a friend.
Ron's eye's began to get rather heavy and yawned. "Still though, what would happen if Hermione and I.....?"
Before he could finish what he was saying Ron fell asleep.
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***February 2***
"Ron wake up, we're gonna be late for breakfast, it's 8:30" said Harry.
Ron opened his eyes and they were as wide saucers.
Moments later Harry was grabbing all of Ron's Blankets and throwing them onto his own bed.
"Get up you stupid prat, we're going to be late."
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"I would wipe that stupid smile off that face of yours Weasley, what you did in my classroom is no laughing matter" said Snape icily.
"Well I thought it was quite funny myself. Don't you have a sense of humour?" replied Ron still smiling.
"Weasley, it would be so easy to expel you from Hogwarts and be rid of you" said Snape
"Well . . . " said Ron sounding hopeful
"Well, I'm not gonna expel you Weasley. I'm not even going to tell the headmaster what you did today" said Snape.
Ron was now eyeing Snape wondering if he had heard him correctly. "What did you say professor?"
"You heard me Weasley" replied Snape
"What's the catch?" said Ron narrowing his eyes
"The Catch is Mr Weasley, is that for the rest of this year you are to serve detention with me every night in the dungeons. And believe me, before this year is over you will wish expulsion."
This made Ron very upset, but then he realized that it was possible that by this time tomorrow Snape would have forgotten everything and Ron would be doomed to once again repeat this day.
"No problem professor, I'd be glad to serve detention every night" smiled Ron
Ron's lack of disappointment seemed to send Snape back into a dreadful mood. "Very well Mr. Weasley, you can forget about the rest of your school day and get to work on cleaning my classroom, no magic."
"But, but what about lunch? I'm not doing a thing until I eat" snapped Ron who technically never ate anything in days.
"You are not in a position to make demands Weasley. Now get to work or I'll make sure you'll..."
"You'll do what?" replied Ron
Snape was very taken aback at Ron's apparent problem with authority and decided that he was not going to let Ron push him around.
"Very well Weasley I gave you the chance, I gave you opportunity to save yourself and now it is apparent that you do not want redemption. I will report this to the Headmaster and he will take care of you himself." growled Snape.
"Finally, that's the most intelligent thing I've heard from you Snape"
Snape looked at Ron in amazement.
"Come with me Weasley, NOW" shouted Snape.
Ron spent about an hour waiting by the entrance to Professor Dumbledore's office. Ron figured that Snape was in Dumbledore's office alone to talk to the Headmaster about what he did in the potions class earlier this morning and to discuss his punishment or even expulsion.
Ron was thinking about what he had done today and the fact that it had been the most exciting and scariest day of his life. Not only did Ron suddenly develop a backbone when it came to putting up with Snape, he had also done things that he thought he could never do like correctly make a complicated potion like the Cruxtitions potion and also helping Neville get a moment in the spotlight.
The fact that Neville and the rest of the Gryffindor's that Snape tested all had perfect marks on their potion brought a smile to his face.
He had also thought about Hermione, true she was one of his best friends but was that all he wanted?
"She's my best friend Ron, don't think about her that way. She's probably not interested it you anyway" Ron told himself.
"But what if. . ."
Whatever Ron was thinking at the moment was put on hold because Snape had come out of the office with a nasty look on his face.
"The Headmaster would like to see you now Weasley" growled Snape.
Ron got up out of his chair and winked at Snape as he headed toward Dumbledore's office. Snape didn't say anything to Ron but Ron could hear Snape making a 'grrrrr' sound as he left.
Ron took a deep breath as he entered to office. He was greeted by professor Dumbledore who was sitting at his desk. Ron couldn't tell wether or not Dumbledore was angry or disappointed but felt that the headmaster would be surely give him a telling off.
"Yes Mr. Weasley, please come sit down." said Professor Dumbledore
"Sir I know you must feel extremely disappointed in me now. Please let me explain myself before you hand out my punishment" said Ron very quickly.
Dumbledore gave a weak smile and nodded.
"Well sir this might sound completely nutters but it's like this. I've been stuck repeating this day February 2nd for the past 4 days" explained Ron.
Dumbledore nodded and said "go on Mr. Weasley."
"I keep waking up at exactly 8:30AM and the day starts off just like the previous February 2nd's. I seem to be the only one remembering the time lapse sir. I wake up, and all the events occur all over again. It's like there's no tomorrow and no one but me knows or senses it" said Ron hysterically.
"That's why I had to see sir what would happen if I were to do something outrageous. Since I'm convinced that no one will remember the next day."
"I see" said Dumbledore
"Sir I know this sounds very batty, but I think you know me better than that sir. I would never do something like this if I wasn't strongly compelled to do so. I want to get out of this time warp sir" said Ron sounding gloomy.
"Is that all Mr. Weasley?" asked Dumbledore
Ron let out a sigh and put his head down "I guess so Professor"
"Well than Mr. Weasley I have a few words of my own. I believe you Mr. Weasley" said Dumbledore.
Ron looked up and was ecstatic. "You do sir?"
"Yes Mr. Weasley I believe you. I know that you are not the kind of student that would normally cause that much trouble. And I don't blame you in the fact that you seem to be reliving the same day over and over again causing something drastic."
"Sir do you know what's the cause of this time warp?"
Dumbledore looked at Ron for a moment and replied "no, I'm sorry Mr. Weasley I do not"
Ron's stomach churned.
"Mr. Weasley my guess is that this is some kind of powerful magic that has been placed onto you."
"Well is there anyway to stop it" Ron said eagerly
"I'm afraid I'm not the one to help you Mr.Weasley. The only person that can stop this is you."
"But sir I don't even know why this is happening or how" said Ron a bit angry
Dumbledore gave Ron an understanding smile "I know how you must feel Mr. Weasley. My best advise I can give you is that you have to make the best of the situation that is put forth onto you. Time is a tricky thing"
"Time is infinite and precious Mr. Weasley. It is not time that is using you, it is you that is using time. In order to help yourself, you must use time to your advantage."
If Ron was feeling confused before it was nothing compared to what he was feeling now. Ron wanted to ask more questions but he knew that his time was up.
"Now Mr. Weasley, I will not be expelling you as I have already told Professor Snape. But he has requested that you spend the rest of the day in his supervision"
"Yes sir" replied Ron nodding.
"It won't be so terrible Mr. Weasley, after all you will have a fresh start tomorrow" said Dumbledore and smiled at Ron.
"Yes sir" said Ron quietly and nodded.
"Off you go than" said Dumbledore still smiling.
Ron left the Headmasters office feeling lost and confused by Dumbledore's words. He was about to head down to the Great Hall for some food when he found Snape waiting for him.
"Well Weasley it seems the Headmaster has decided to be merciful and not rid us of your stupidity. However as of now you are in my supervision and that means you are to serve the most severe detentions for the rest of the school year" snarled Snape.
Ron just stared at Snape not saying a word
"Weasley your actions today have permitted me to use the old dungeon cells again. You will go there and spend the remainder of the day and the night in confinement" said Snape with a grin.
"Are you serious?" said Ron
"I am dead serious Weasley" sneered Snape.
"You will have the opportunity to think about your actions while in the dungeons. And let us hope that spending the night there alone will knock some sense into that small brain of yours "
Ron thought about this for a moment, and finally decided that he had enough excitement to last him today, so he agreed to the lock up.
Ron had never been a cell before, but figured that it would be a lot cleaner than the one he was registered to. The cell was not your ordinary muggle police cell. It was dark, damp, dirty, and smelled extremely fowl.
"I have to spend the night in here?" asked Ron.
"YES" said Snape with a hint of satisfaction in his voice.
Ron gave a long whistle than said "Whoa, a five star cell hey?"
Snape shoved Ron into the cell, slammed the door shut and put a charm on the lock.
"I will collect you at 8AM tomorrow morning Weasley " said Snape as he headed for the door
"No need to pro-fess-sor, I kind of like it down here in this cozy cell, there's no need to rush me out of here that early tomorrow morning" yelled a smiling Ron making sure Snape could hear him and trying to further push Snape's buttons once more before he left.
Snape stopped for a moment and than turned to face Ron. He opened his mouth but never said anything; he just clenched his teeth, snarled and left slamming the door.
Ron tried the best he could to make the old mouldy bed as clean and as comfortable as possible, than lied down on the bed.
Ron laid there in his cell for the rest of the day and spent hours and hours on end thinking of various things like Harry and the dark lord, Quidditch, his family, etc. When occupied his time by thinking about Harry's situation with the dark lord and how Harry was going to overcome this, he began thinking why.
"Why am I thinking of the dark lord? Looks as though that day won't ever come" said Ron talking to himself.
"No, no I have to think positively that I'm going to get of out this time warp."
Ron thought "Will I wake up tomorrow and start February 2nd all over again or will tomorrow actually happen?"
Than his mind wandered to Dumbledore and what he had said earlier. He remembered the Headmaster saying "You have to make the best of the situation that is put forth onto you."
"Time is infinite and precious Mr. Weasley. It is not time that is using you, it is you that is using time. In order to help yourself, you must use time to your advantage."
Ron's Head was beginning to hurt with the words that professor Dumbledore had said to him earlier.
Than to relieve his pain his mind wandered to Hermione.
"Damn" he thought.
"She could be so annoying, and yet so nice. Why do we always have to argue about everything? She's probably still owling that bloody Krum."
"Stop Ron stop. Don't do this. Don't add this to your list or worries. She's not interested and neither am I" he said trying to convince himself that he's not interested in Hermione Granger in any way but as a friend.
Ron's eye's began to get rather heavy and yawned. "Still though, what would happen if Hermione and I.....?"
Before he could finish what he was saying Ron fell asleep.
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***February 2***
"Ron wake up, we're gonna be late for breakfast, it's 8:30" said Harry.
Ron opened his eyes and they were as wide saucers.
Moments later Harry was grabbing all of Ron's Blankets and throwing them onto his own bed.
"Get up you stupid prat, we're going to be late."
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A/N: Another chapter bites the dust. Thanks for reading and for the reviews.
Please continue to Review.