Harry Potter & the Mystery of Trust

A/n: This is the last chapter and maybe there is still more but I have to end it so I can concentrate on my other stories.

Chapter 5: When?!

The arrival of the Great Lion of Gryffindor brought grand joy and pleasant to the Wizarding World. The Lion himself had offered his services to the community in the fight against Voldemort but on one condition: his services were only under the name of Richard Weasley. The boy got no objection to that and seemed fond to have a giant cat as a pet save the lion didn't want to be called a pet.

Of course there were celebration and festivity in the air as Hogwarts celebrate with a feast. Harry and his friends were honoured and awarded House Points for their courage, curiosity, cunning, intelligence, and the will to never give up. Hagrid has been appointed to help Rich in helping to take care of the Great Lion's needs. Not surprising for a thousand year old animal to have a sudden huge craving for any food even the greens.

That night after the feast, the Gryffindors were in the common room doing their own stuff. Some chatted about the event that took place just last night, some doing their works and some just doing stuff. For Harry, Rich and Neville were relaxing in a corner of the common room, talking just about anything when Ginny burst in the common room with not so great, bad or good news.

"Harry! – Harry!" she called the raven haired boy with glee.

"Hey Ginny, Neville been waiting for you for a session," Harry teased.

"Oh! That's funny Harry. Draco is too tired right now, Neville," Ginny played along.

"Damn!" Neville slammed his fist on the table near him playfully. They laughed at their silly little jokes.

"Seriously, Neville – not now!" said Ginny, then looking at Harry with a grin. "Have you heard of the latest news, Harry?"

"What? Ron and Hermione fight again and this time about me again," he said coolly.

Ginny looked at him in astonishment. "How do you know?"

"Look, I don't want to do with any of them at the moment. As for Hermione, I won't be surprise if she comes to me in any manner," he said and the two guys beside him nodded.

Ginny cannot help but agree as Hermione didn't have any other good friend but her and Harry. "Don't you want to know what they said?"

"They broke up right?" he guessed and Ginny nodded. "Figures, just the same as me and Hermione fighting and the only difference I'm not going to do anything," he said, feeling the anger when Hermione accused him of a uncaring sodding lying menace during their break up which none of them were true.

He did an innocent dare by Ron himself; to kiss a girl the he thought Ron like but it turn out it was a plan to make him break up with Hermione. Rich discovered it but was too late as Harry had did it. In the end, he ended broken down with the news that Hermione chose Ron over him because she like it and Harry wasn't a great friend she thought. The two don't want to do anymore with Harry and so the meaning 'Close doors'.

Now Harry was going to use that 'Close Doors' on Hermione if she going to come to him and he was very sure of it. The Gryffindors have gone up to their dorms, which left Harry, Neville, Ginny and Rich. Harry saw Ron gone up to bed an hour ago, mumbling incoherent words that couldn't be listened.

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"Speak of the devil," said Rich, as they were about to go up to their dorms to sleep and in came Hermione finally. The four were already standing up and ready to walk to the stairs when their gaze upon Hermione with red puffy eyes. She'd been crying in the Room of Requirement again, Harry thought.

Hermione saw Harry looking at her and ran to him. She flung at him, wrapping her arms around him, not caring the look of irritancy that Harry had cast upon her. Just like that day, Harry thought.

"Oh! Harry, I'm so sorry, I'm been such a terrible friend and I-"

She couldn't finish her sentence because Harry pushed her off of him. She landed with soft thud on top of a cushion. She looked at Harry with a confused expression. Harry looked at her nonchalantly, without any emotion of caring and understanding, the same way she looked at him the very night they broken up.

"Harry? – what's wrong?" she asked, confused at Harry's action. Ginny, Neville and Rich took a step back and watched the scene.

"You're right, Hermione. You've been a terrible friend," he said. "You're such a nosy brat, every time I want you to leave me alone, you just have to show up and save the day. You were mean to me and you said nasty things in the Daily Prophet. You are a confusing girl, one minute you acted you don't care a thing about me and the next minute, you said you want to join me and my friends to solve the puzzle."

"But you guys do really need help," she argued.

"But we didn't and guess what we got a great ally no thanks to you," he retorted.

"But I was confused, Harry!" she reasoned.

"Confuse my arse, Hermione. You said it yourself, you don't want to do anything about me but here you are crawling to me like you want me to accept you back!"

Hermione knew she did it and meant it but now she felt stupid for doing it and the fear of failure started to kick in. "I-I-I never thought about th-that," she looked at Harry's feet, avoiding Harry's face.

"Sure you don't because you were too busy to get back at me," Harry stopped further before he said anything he regretted. He looked at the others. "Let's go to bed, guys. I don't want to see this anymore."

When she heard Harry was leaving, she jumped on him and grabbed firmly onto his feet. Harry was evidently surprised by her, not expecting this to happen. She buried her face in his knees and clutching him tightly, not letting him go. The other three Gryffindors looked shocked at her, sobbing and letting out tears of regret.

"Please don't leave me," she pleaded, her sniffs were audible. "I made such foolish mistake, I love you."

Harry sighed heavily as if wanting to give in but he didn't. "I don't to be hurt again," he said and pulled out his wand.

"I won't do it anymore!" she said but after that she couldn't remember anything as Harry cast a Full Body Bind Spell at her causing her to stiff. He pulled out his leg from her grasp and dispel her. He went up to his room and slept with the others following, leaving Hermione confused more. She lay down on the floor, crying miserably and cursing herself. It seemed she had lost Harry.

But all was not lost as someone was still looking at her in pity. This person approached Hermione in a calm manner and shook her by the shoulder. Hermione looked up and saw the person who shook her and was quite surprised to see him.

"Now you look like Harry on that faithful day," he said.

Hermione wiped her tears quickly. "Are you here to mock and hurt me? Give you all you want because I don't care," she spat weakly.

"No!"

She furrowed her brows. "Then what?"

"Getting you back together with Harry – what else?"

Her eyes went wide and she was speechless for the moment. Only the person's laughter brought her out of her condition. "But – but, I thought you hated me," she said quaveringly.

"No, you hated me. I just dislike you for the way you treated Harry," he said.

"Yeah that's right, I was the one. How stupid of me," said Hermione feeling regret again.

"So do you want my help or not," he said, offering a hand to pull her up and she gladly accepted it. She nodded delightedly, wiping the remaining tears on her cheeks.

"So what's the plan?"

"Leave it to me, Richard Marvel Weasley!"

The next night, things were going to get steamy and unpredictable as Harry was receiving a message that Dumbledore wanted to see him in the Room of Requirement. Harry immediately knew it was odd that Dumbledore wanted to see him not in his own office but Harry shrugged it off anyway. The day was bored though so he would want to see Dumbledore without any excuse. Though he didn't know he was about to get the surprise of his life which wasn't that surprising in other's eye.

During dinner, he didn't see his former friends and he thought they went back together. Though he won't admit it, he really wanted to get back with Hermione but in his heart, he didn't want to be hurt anymore truthfully. After that, he set off to the room that held many histories in his mind. All of them still fresh. When he reached there, to his surprise someone was in there as he saw lights coming out through the cracks of the door.

Then the light was gone.

Curiosity kicked in and he ran to the door and opened it hastily. All he saw was a dark room and nothing in it. Harry took a few steps into the room and then the door slammed all of a sudden, closing him in the now pitch black place.

"What the-"

"Harry!"

Harry's heart suddenly beat faster than ever, hearing the familiar voice. His ears must be deceiving him.

"Harry, is that – really you," said the voice that was unmistakable Hermione's.

It was an all round good for nothing setup. "Hermione! – What are you doing here?"

The light went on and there stood two people, former lovers and former bestfriends. Clad in their school attires, they gaze each other for a moment, one with such longing and the other full of malice and spite.

"What are you doing here?" he asked again, still attaching his gaze at her.

"I-I-I,"

"Spit it out," he spat and then notice the cloak in her hands. "Is that my-"

Hermione noticed Harry's piercing gaze at the invisible cloak she was holding. Rich told her to hold it but she didn't know what to do with it. She merely nodded to his answer.

"Where's Ron?"

"I didn't see him,"

"Don't lie. I didn't see the both of you at dinner. Are you here to tell me you make up and to shove it in my face cause I particularly don't care," he said with spitefulness.

Hermione though felt offended by his accusation, stood and compose herself and looked apologetically at him. "No," she muttered.

Harry narrowed his eyebrows. "Then what?" he said. He didn't expect Hermione to say what she meant to say.

"Because I want to be with you," she said with all her heart.

Harry eyes went wide with surprise, recognition and loving. He shook his head and glared defiantly at her. "Liar! You want to trick me again and I'm not falling for it."

She felt like she wanted to be in tears right now but a voice that was similar to the cool and calm Richard told her to stand on her ground. She looked softly at him.

"I know I was stupid and I am admitting it full heartedly. I done stupid things before but it was all worth it to save someone I care so much but… the foolish things I did to you was the most idiotic and cold and I guess I still care and blind to know it was still there all the time so forgive me, Harry for this witch, this former best friend of yours for doing something she regretted,"

She stopped talking and tears flowing out of her eyes. Harry looked petrified at her statement. He waited for this and now he got it. His heart beat fast. But there was one more question to be answered. He took a step towards her and stared nonchalantly at her.

"Then why you choose Ron immediately after I just apologized to you that night?"

She sniffled and wiped her tears away and stared apologetically at him. "That was the stupid mistake."

Harry finally showed his emotions when he grinned, not happily but smugly. "You want me back?" He moved closely to her, standing tall in her personal space.

"Yes," she whispered, looking up at him who was taller than her.

"As a what?"

"More than a friend,"

"But we're not friends before this,"

"Than take me,"

"With pleasure,"

He picked her up by the waist and her legs wrapped around his waist. They kissed passionately as his tongue entered her, invading her mouth with utter fulfilment. They moved towards the bed that the room had readied for them. He dropped her down on the bed without a care. She landed softly on her back.

"Now where did we leave off the last time, my dear love," Harry leered, satisfied to have her back. Hermione looked puzzled and a bit horrified at his expression but she was ready for whatever treatment he got for her.

Harry lifted her skirt up and ripped her knickers off.

"HAAAARRRRRRRRRRYYYY!!!"

With that vehement shriek, the job was done as Richard pulled his ears away from the door. He smiled for himself and Harry and walked away from the Room of Requirement.

After a year and almost a half of being in Hogwarts, his arrival did some changes to a few lifes. Maybe the light side will have some chance winning the war.

Richard walked into the darker path of the Forbidden Forest where only he and Hagrid were permitted to enter. The only reason he was there because of the Great Lion.

"Dear cousin, revenge is truly satisfying when you are far away from your victim. Now feel the same thing I went," he said darkly. Ron who was bound to the mane of the Great Lion, shook his body like a distressed damsel. His eyes shown fear and regret and there was nothing he could do. "Let me go, please cousin."

"Don't worry, cousin, I won't stoop too low by killing you. JUMP!!!"

With that the huge enormous lion jumped into air, carrying along the shrilly shrieking Ron. The red head now have a new fear… jumping lions.