Harry Potter and the Kedavra Bond

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"Stop moving!" Hermione ordered them. "I know what this is — it's Devil's Snare!"

"Oh, I'm so glad we know what it's called, that's a great help," snarled Ron, leaning back, trying to stop the plant from curling around his neck.

"Shut up, I'm trying to remember how to kill it!" said Hermione.

"Well, hurry up, I can't breathe!" Harry gasped, wrestling with it as it curled around his chest.

"Devil's Snare, Devil's Snare... what did Professor Sprout say? — it likes the dark and damp — "

"So light a fire!" Harry choked.

"Yes — of course — but there's no wood!" Hermione cried wringing her hands.

"HAVE YOU GONE MAD?" Ron bellowed. "ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?"

"Oh, right!" said Hermione...

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"Lucky you pay attention in Herbology, Hermione," said Harry as he joined her by the wall, wiping sweat off his face.

"Yeah," said Ron, "and lucky Harry doesn't lose his head in a crisis — 'there's no wood' honestly."

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone, pg 277 & 278, by: Jk Rowling

Harry Potter and the Kedavra Bond

Chapter 5

Remus Lupin sat on the edge of Harry's bed, an expression of mourning on his tired, old face. The pit fell out of the bottom of Harry's stomach. He wasn't so sure that he wanted to know what had happened to the Weasley family.

"They're, they're not — not dead, are they?" he choked out.

Lupin sighed, and ran a hand through his hair. "No, the Weasley family is fine..."

Harry let out a sigh of relief, thank God they were alright.

"... with the exception of Fred and Ronald Weasley who are currently residing in St. Mungo's Hospital." Lupin finished.

Harry starred at Lupin for a total of at least five minutes. Ron was at St. Mugo's? Harry looked up at Lupin, a smirk on his pale face.

He slowly shook his head, "No... come on Professor. No games, where's Ron, really."

Lupin looked at Harry hesitantly, as if waiting for him to explode. "Harry, I know that this is a shock for you... but you have to stay calm..."

"He is NOT in St. Mugo's!" Harry roared, once again jumping up from the bed. "He's at the Burrow! Why are you lying to me?!"

"Harry, calm down. Ron will be fine, now please lay down, you need to relax." Lupin soothed, taking Harry's arm and sitting him down on the bed, once more.

"I will NOT bloody sit on my bed while my best friend is in the hospital!" Harry yelled, his hands turning into fists on his lap.

He felt so, so angry. What had happened? Why was Ron in the Hospital? Here he, Harry, had been laying in bed because a couple of stupid dementors had strayed from Azkaban, and Ron was probably injured from fighting deatheaters! Bloody hell! He'd faced down Voldemort five times! What was a couple dementors beside that?

Wait a minute...

The dementors had strayed from Azkaban?

Harry's head snapped up to look at Lupin. "Why were there dementors at Little Whinging? What happened to Azkaban?"

Lupin looked mildly surprised. Probably expecting him to ask straight about how Ron was doing. "A few days ago Voldemort took control of Azkaban and persuaded the dementors to join him. Didn't you read the Prophet?"

Harry shook his head, "No, I thought that all that stuff in there was garbage... I cancelled my order." Actually, Harry was tired of the Minister lying about Voldemort and all of the things written about him.

So that was why there had been dementors in his home town. Well, that explained a lot. Harry let his mind wander. If the dementors were really in control by Voldemort, then that meant that every one was in danger. The only spell that Harry knew to ward off dementors was the Expecto Patronum spell, and even that spent up a lot of energy. Harry shook his head out of his current line of thought.

"What happened to Ron?" he asked, dread filling up his stomach.

Lupin, who had been keeping both hands on Harry's shoulders (lest he lose his temper, again) removed them and settled them in his pockets. "After we had gotten you back to Headquarters, Harry, the Order decided to check on the Weasleys. As it turns out, Voldemort had indeed dispatched a group of deatheaters to the Burrow. They destroyed the weak wards put around the house, and broke in just as we flooed them." The werewolf sighed rubbing his eyes tiredly.

"But what happened to Ron?" Harry asked.

"Mr. Weasley was caught in a duel with Bellatrix Lestrange at the time, to defend his sister who was hiding in a corner. He was caught by a bone breaking curse in his arm, and a slicing curse on his back. However, Bellatrix was captured by Aurors before she could dissapperate. She is currently in a holding cell in the Ministry."

Harry's mouth went dry. Bellatrix. Harry's eyes narrowed in hatred. That — that woman deserved to die. That excuse for a human being! She nearly killed his best friend. And she killed Sirius. He was going to find away to give her what she deserved. Harry's blood started to boil before his stamped it out with a deep breath. It wouldn't do any good to get pumped up now. He would find a way to get to the Ministry later.

"What happened to Fred?" Harry asked, eager to know what had happened to his prankster friend.

Lupin smiled a bit as he explained, "It seemed as if Fred Weasley was burned by setting off one of his custom made fireworks. He managed to make three of the deatheaters dissapperate in fright. He is in St. Mungo's to have the burns treated."

Harry chuckled. Leave it to Fred to burn himself in the middle of a fight with deatheaters. Harry looked over at Lupin again. The man was studying him most intensely, as if trying to look right though him. At last Lupin spoke.

"Get into bed, Harry. You may not believe it, but your condition is actually just as serious as your friend's is. You need to rest and take it easy for a few days."

Harry looked at his former professor incredulously. "I'm not sick!" he protested weakly, climbing into the bed.

"Harry, when we found you, your scar had split open, and you had a concussion. Your pulse rate was also much too fast. If you don't take it easy then it is quite possible that the strain on your heart organs will cause a heart attack. It is also possible that you may collapse from the dark magic that the dementors had placed upon you." Remus paused for a moment taking one of Harry's hands and flipping it over. "This is a type of gelatin that contains the type of ingredients in chocolate. You weren't responding well enough to regular chocolate so we had to use the goo. You will get another dosage of the liquid potion later to help with the dementor's after affects." Lupin told him, patting down the covers.

"What do you mean 'another dosage'? This will be my first, won't it?" Harry asked, snaking his hand back under the covers.

Lupin shook his head again. "Professor Snape gave you a dose when you were sleeping. You were out for two days, Harry."

Harry gaped. Snape had given him a potion!? While he was sleeping, no less! Why was Snape here anyway?

"Why's Snape here?"

"Professor Snape, Harry." Lupin chided him, "He's here because he has better medical experience than me, and he has better... skills, as well."

Harry thought that over. Well, if the greasy git was going to stay here, then Harry might as well try to get along with him. As long as Harry didn't do anything too drastic, things would be fine, right? Remus took the package from the bedside table and handed Harry another piece of chocolate. Harry realized that his face was still a bit red around the jaw area.

"Er... sorry about the hitting." he started timidly, "I was just really worried, is all."

Lupin smiled at him taking the glasses off the bridge of Harry's nose. "It was no problem. Werewolves are very tough creatures, are they not?"

Harry suddenly felt very sleepy. He yawned once, snuggling into the covers while he did so, and replied. "Very tough humans..."

He could just make out the fuzzy outline of his former professor grinning at him. Lupin leaned over and gave Harry a reassuring hug and then he did something that he had never done before.

Remus Lupin kissed him on the cheek.

Harry was too tired to manage anything other than a weak smile as he drifted off to sleep. The last thing he heard before his vision went dark was a soft, "Sleep well, Harry..." as he fell asleep once more.

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Hello there! Yes, I know that this is a shorter chapter... I promise that the next one will be longer. It's just that I have a lot of things to do to get ready for school and I probably will be busy, so I decided to get this one out early.

I have been getting some reviews that are telling me to make the first and second chapters more unique and different. Should I or shouldn't I? I don't know. I know that they seem like chapters in the previous books, but I swear that I did not copy or anything. I thought that I had made them unique enough to not be bothered about it. If a lot of you reviewers want me to redo it I shall. Please tell me in your review.

Nobody caught the double meaning in Chapter Four!!!!! You guys have to look and read more carefully if you want to find the surprise that I have waiting!

Alright, enough chatter! Here are the Review Responses!

lashajayne: Is Harry going to fatten up? Don't worry about that! Harry will most certainly be eating right from now on... I mean, if you had two adults and one of them being Snape... you would be following orders and eating too! Thank you so much for the review! I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Angel-of-the-Apocalypse: Nice account name, I like it! No problem on the firewhiskey! I prefer butterbeer myself! Butterbeer and Chocolate Frogs for you! I'm the first fanfiction you've ever read for Harry Potter?! Wow! I'm so honoured! I looked at your bio... are you from Japan? Thank you for the review! I hope that you like the chapter!

tessbomb65: As you can see, nothing absolutely horrible happened to the Weasleys! I'm sorry I worried you! See? I'm not that mean! Yes, Harry was feeling a bit rambunctious in the last chapter... maybe he went a little over board with the Snivellus comment. I'm glad that you think so highly of my writing! If you read my bio, you'll see that I want to be an author when I'm older! I'm glad you think I'm on the right track! Thank you so much for the review!!! Double Butterbeer to you!!!! I hope you get this reply before you move!

Scarlet: Thanks for the review! I'm sorry about the 'Mongo/Mungo' spelling mistake! I didn't even realize that I was doing it! Thanks for pointing it out. I tried to make the first two chapters seem different than the rest of the stories by JK Rowling. I did not copy, but I think I know what you mean. When I first started the fic, I was trying to get my writing pointed in one direction, and that was the only way I could think of to do it. I don't think that the chapters are terribly like the one's in the series, they have different subject matter. If others want me to compose different chapters I will certainly do it. However, thank you for pointing that out! And thank you for the review! I really appreciate it! Butterbeer to you!

reader 14: Thank you for the reviews! I know that a lot of people (including me!) Hate cliff hangers, but sometimes you just can't resist! I hope you enjoy this chapter, I know it's short, but it answers a lot of questions I've been getting!

SilverBelle: -laugh-! I know what you mean about Snape! He's just so evil and mean that it's funny! I'm glad that you like that line! I'm glad you liked the chapter, as well! A gummy worm! I like the cookies you make, better! My favourites are canary creams though! Just some info! I hope you like this chappie! Thanks for the review!

written: Harry's vision was true! Thank you for the review! I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Alanpatty07: You loved it?! I'm SO happy! Yes, Harry's vision was happening at the same moment... the reason he reacted like he did was because of the adrenaline and worry in his system. Thanks for the review, enjoy the chapter! Ciao!

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Sorry if I missed anyone! I hope you all enjoyed the new chapter, even though it was a bit short! The next one will be longer, I promise! Butterbeer and Chocolate Frogs to all of you! Firewhiskey is on order! Enjoy the rest of the Summer!

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