Hermione walked across the grounds. She had tried everywhere: Hagrid's Hut, the Quidditch Pitch, even his favorite tree by the lake. She sat down and leaned against the tree, wondering where to look next.
If only I had that silly map, but Harry carries it everywhere he goes now, Hermione thought. Why is it that whenever I need something, it's somehow lost with whatever I'm trying to find.
Just then Ron (A/N: Who is actually Harry, people. Don't get confused. This is Hermione's POV, she doesn't know they switched.) jogged up.
"Did you find him?" Hermione asked.
"Find who?" Ron asked.
"Harry, you idiot. Didn't we just split up fifteen minutes ago to tell him what we've discovered?" Hermione said, annoyed. "Honestly, I give you something simple to do, and you forget completely about it. What were you doing, playing Quidditch?"
Ron blushed. "So, er…what is it that we were going to tell Harry again?" he asked, sheepishly.
"Ron! You are absolutely ridiculous!" Hermione said.
"Come on, Hermione. Just pretend I don't know and tell me again," Ron said.
"What is wrong with you?" Hermione complained, but still proceeded to tell the story again.
After she had finished, Ron's jaw dropped. "But Moody specifically said that I…I mean Harry…was the only one to ever survive the Killing Curse."
"Well for one thing, that Moody was a deranged Death Eater, so I wouldn't exactly take his word as the Bible. Secondly, this all happened before his time, not to mention the fact that Dumbledore kept it a secret. You see, he knew what the stone was for, but he never knew where it was hidden," Hermione explained.
"But why didn't he tell the Order? I mean, that's an obvious weapon right there," Ron exclaimed.
"I don't know how Dumbledore's mind works, but he must have assumed that the Necromancer was hidden well enough that no one would ever find it. And you have to admit, what Death Eater would walk into a Muggle museum?" Hermione said.
Ron got closer to Hermione. "Hermione, there's something I have to…something I need to…"
"Whatever is it, Ron," Hermione said, as Ron got closer. She looked straight into his eyes, his beautiful green eyes.
Wait…green? Hermione thought. But before she had a chance to comprehend what she had seen, Ron was kissing her deeply.
But no, she thought. It couldn't be Ron. Kissing Ron was nothing like this. I know these lips. I know this taste. Where though? When? It feels so good…safe…warm…who are you?
She looked again into his eyes and knew. It was Harry. How? She didn't care, she just kept going.
However, the good feeling came to an end when Harry came sprinting down the steps and barreled straight into Ron with a pure look of venom on his face.
"Harry!" Hermione exclaimed.
The two were rolling around, throwing punches left and right, until finally pulled apart by Hermione.
"What is going on here?" she cried.
"You bloody b-" Harry exclaimed, using a word that made Hermione gasp.
"Ron, I didn't mean it, I swear," Ron said, feebly.
"Ron, what are you talking about. You're Ron. That's Harry," Hermione said.
"No Hermione," Ron said, "I'm Harry. Neville messed up a Switching Spell and me and Ron switched bodies. Ron said he wanted to know what it was like to be me, so we agreed to meet in an hour in the Great Hall."
"But what I didn't know," shouted the real Ron, "was that you were a back-stabbing git who's after his best friend's girlfriend!"
"Ron, I didn't mean for it to happen, honest," Harry said, shameful. "It just did…I…I couldn't help myself. Just…don't blame Hermione for all this."
"Finite Incantatem," Hermione murmured, forcing the two back into their original bodies.
Harry turned to Hermione, "Look, I'm sorry for what happened, but I just had to do something. And I messed things up. I guess, I'll…uh…see you around."
He then turned to Ron, "Ron, please look at me," Harry said sadly.
Ron refused. He stared up into space, completely ignoring his former best friend.
"I'm sorry for all of this. And if you never want to speak to me again, I understand," Harry said, hanging his head. He turned and began to walk towards Hagrid's Hut.
Is this really happening? Are the three of us suddenly going to become the two of us? Hermione thought, mind racing. Or was it always the two of us…just the wrong two?
"Wait!" Hermione cried out. Harry turned and Ron stared.
"It wasn't completely Harry's fault," Hermione admitted to Ron.
"I-, I-…I knew it was him…by the…uh…way he kissed…but I didn't stop," Hermione said, quietly.
"You WHAT?!" Ron bellowed. "So you've kissed before?"
Hermione and Harry silently nodded.
"I don't believe this," Ron said, face redder than ever. "You know what Harry? Fine, have her,"
"But Ron-" Harry began.
"You always get everything. You're rich, you're better at Quidditch, you get all the fame, and now you take away the one thing I've always wanted?" Ron yelled.
"Just take her…in fact…take my family along with it. Heaven knows my mother loves you more than she does me!" Ron shouted.
"Ron, you know that's not true," Hermione stammered. "Please, just…"
"Just nothing. Get the hell away from me, both of you," Ron said. And with that he turned and ran into Hogwarts, tears daring to spill from his eyes.
Harry and Hermione turned to look at each other, both thinking the same thing:
What have we done?
Reviews
KawaiiFryingPanChick: Glad you liked the last chapter. Things sort of came to a head in this chapter. Not sure how Ron is going to react to this little set up after that outburst. We'll have to see…
Lutefa: Well, she was hurt, you know. Any girl probably would've done the same thing. Except for me, I have more sense than that. Hmm…it would be weird to switch bodies. I wonder if I would've done the same thing Harry and Ron did and just spent an hour in his or her body…hmmm…
Ashton Rushing: So, did Ron take the news as you expected? Fortunately, Harry has been practicing Occlumency for sometime now…ever since Sirius died he's been perfecting it, so Voldy's have a few technical difficulties. That's a very cool idea though!
Raven-Padfoot-Marauder: You got the find him, hit him part…just no winning. Poor Ron…he really can't win, can he?
Mara342:Yeah, you spelled genius right. Aw…I've gone bright red.
PinkPixieDust16: Yeah, but on the other hand, you'll have plenty of chapters piled up instead of just yearning for one at a time! (that's how I prefer it anyway)
Possom2009: Yup, Harry got it. And now you know what Harry was doing with Hermione.
HPfan-Excalibur: Seems like he has plenty of luck to me. Does it really? I don't think I read that one…about to do that…
Dragonnet: A snitch and a liar? How so? Yeah, she wears a pink dress. I always call her the Pink Lady though...just stuck in my mind.
Silverbelle: Heh heh...now you know!