Silver: Welcome back, I knew you would be here.

Julian: :::whimper:::

Silver: :::pats his head::: there, there all will be ok. Any way you should know that this is now what happened to Ron after he ran out of the great hall. I just thought it would make an interesting chapter.

Julian: Poor Ron, he is so confused and hurt by that bitch.

:::SMACK!!!:::

Silver: she is not a bitch!

Ron ran out of the great hall to the Gryfindor common room. Once there he collapsed in a chair by the fire. Harry sat unnoticed in another chair, further in the back.

"God?" Ron asked, unaware of Harry who looked up at him. "Why do you hate me? My family is poor, I've got this fire red hair, my best friend is trhe single most popular kid in school, and now this? Why?" Harry's heart went out to the boy, yet he said nothing. "God....." he began again "I think I love her. Not a crush, not pretend, real love, why are you taking her from me? What have I done that was ever so bad?"

"Ron?" Harry asked, Ron jumped "I'm sorry, I was just here then you sat down and I over heard and well....." he was fumbling for words "I thought you might like to talk about it with a more solid source." Ron smiled; apparently he was not at all embarrassed by Harry's over hearing him.

"Thanks, sure lets talk" They spent the next hour chatting. Ron confided in him, he was some one who he was sure he could trust. Just as they were getting closer, Kyle walked in. Ron felt all his pain come flooding back, Harry put an arm in front of Ron, as if to protect him.

"What do you want?" he asked fiercely, Kyle smirked.

"Just thought carrot top over there would like to know about Nic-chan"

"Nic-chan?" Ron blurted out without even thinking

"It's Japanese baka, now do you want to know or not?" He had a sort of annoyance in his voice.

"yes....." Ron was weak, he felt tired and out of touch with reality with Harry standing like he was. Ron put his hand on Harry's arm and lowered it. "Tell me"

"She's in the infirmary, intensive care" he said very calmly, as though he didn't care

"WHAT?!" Ron yelled, jumping up. Harry held him back "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!" Kyle crossed his arms and looked away.

"She's getting weak" He said "you did this to her you know, she used to be able to stand her ground against me. Now she's a push over. It's your fault. Her last words when she hit the ground were 'Ron come back'. She obviously cares for you a great deal. Your lucky, she hates everyone, or at least she used to." Ron finally broke free of Harry's grip. He threw a punch at him; Kyle grabbed his fist and twisted it. Ron fell to the floor. He jumped back up and dashed out the portrait to the hospital wing. Madame Pomphrey was tending to some serious wounds that belonged to Neville. Apparently a large potion had exploded in his face and toads flew at him. Madame Pomphrey turned around and gasped when she seen his hand. It was mangled and twisted all wrong. She ignored his cries for his female friend whilst she tended his wounds. His hand was almost good as new when he finally saw Nic. She was bleeding badly and had several broken ribs.

"What's wrong with her?" he asked

"knocked out I'm afraid. She'll be out for a few days at the least."

"She's..... knocked out?" he asked fearfully but he already knew the answer.

"Yes the poor dear. Her injuries aren't that severe but she just wont' get better. She's refusing all magical and medical help. She's very depressed about something."

"Can I..... see her?" He asked

"Yes, maybe if you talk to her she'll feel better." Ron got up and walked over to the small area closed off from the rest of the place. No one else was around so he decided talking to her would be ok.

"Nic?" he asked "I know you can't hear me but I'm going to sit here and talk to you any way"

'I can hear you' Nic thought as she listened to her dearest friend ' I wish you could hear me'

"I'm so sorry, I know this is somehow my fault"

'I'm sorry, You are my friend'

"God I wish you could hear me, I'd take you in my arms and tell you exactly what I thought of you"

'That would be weird'

"But..... I guess I can because..... your not conscious"

'That's kinda sick' She felt herself being lifted slightly above the bed. His head pressed against her neck, she could feel his hair on her chin. 'you smell good' she thought. Ron looked up at her face. Her eyes were closed. He began to lean down closer. 'Hey! What's going on out there?!' The door flew open. Kyle walked right in.

"My turn" he said smugly, then realizing that Ron was hugging her, and trying to kiss her he freaked out. "DUDE!" he screamed "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" Ron dropped Nic.

'Ouch!' she thought, not able to voice the thoughts yet. She listened as Ron and Kyle beat the living hell out of each other. Ron got in some good shots but mostly Kyle got him. After the fight, Ron sat down in a chair across from her Kyle left. Ron fell asleep very quickly.

He woke up in a large field, filled with beautiful white flowers. He could smell them as he stood up from the moist grass. He looked around for any sign of life, he saw none. He began to walk around the area, to see exactly where he was and how he had gotten there, when he came to a large clearing. The flowers still surrounded the area, but they were all on trees. He poked his head through the bushes to see what was there. He was very surprised to find Nic, sitting in a long flowing white gown. She was sitting in the middle of the clearing alone; Ron took a step towards her. He never took his eyes away from her face, she was usually very tough, always ready to fight. But in this instance, in this field, she was lovely. She looked absolutely helpless and Ron liked that thought. He started to take another step, then stopped his foot in mid-air. The trees all melted away, in there place was a large stone platform, floating seemingly in mid air. Ron was not on the platform, but several feet away from it in the air. Nic's cloth's had changed to a Japanese gi, complete with a bow and arrow on her back., and she looked absolutely terrified. Ron turned his head a bit to see what she was looking at, Kyle was standing on the opposite edge. Ron was frozen, he couldn't even move to get out of the air, but he wasn't falling, just floating. He watched in horror as Kyle lunged at her, sword drawn. Nic pulled an arrow from her quiver, but was not fast enough..... Ron felt himself choke down a scream as Kyle's blade made contact with Nic's heart. Suddenly Ron was free and on the platform. Kyle melted away the same way as the forest had. Ron ran over and took Nic's head up in his arms and let her lay on his lap. She was going to die, and he knew it.

"Nic?" he choked out. "Oh god please don't die, please don't" She painfully opened her eyes to look up at him.. She put her hand on his cheek and whispered his name. A tear of blood rolled down her face as she looked back to where Kyle once stood.

"If you die I don't know what I'll do..... but if I'm not the one you want.....I understand.....I only want you to be happy....." he said through pouring tears. Nic looked back up at him, the life slowly draining from her eyes.

"kowain da mon" she muttered softly, blood sputtering a bit from her mouth. "of losing you" Ron had no idea what 'kowain da mon' meant, but he thought it meant something like being happy about losing him. He felt his heart deflate with grief, then almost immediately swell with hatred. Hatred he aimed toward Kyle.

"Ron?" Ron opened his eyes to see Nic wide awake on her bed.

'A dream?' he asked himself 'How could that of been a dream? I didn't understand some of the things she said!' He didn't know. He smiled at her she put her hand on his face and traced the bruises, he winced under her touch. "Who did this to you?" she asked. Ron stopped smiling as he remembered Kyle and the fight.

"I-I got beat up by the new kid. What's his name, Kyle is it? Bloody Hell he's a good fighter" Nic grinned and put her hand on her head.

"I could have told you that" she said. Ron suddenly remembered the reason she had been put into the hospital- Kyle.

"Well I better go, I guess you want to be alone with your friends" No one else was in the room. Nic pulled back a little as if she had been stabbed in the chest. He felt terrible for what he had just said, he hated hurting her in any way.

"About that....." He cut her off

"Don't." He said "I don't know what that was about, I don't care but it's obvious there is something between you and him and I don't want to stand in the way of that." Nic looked at him curiously. Ron looked away, he couldn't stand to see her in pain. "I don't want to stand in the way of your happiness" a tear rolled down his cheek "I'm leaving Hogwarts for good, Good bye....." he paused "Ai shiteru" He ran out of the room, leaving Nic all alone. Silent tearsof blood rolling down her face. Ron ran quickly down the corridors to the owlery, he wanted to tell his Mother to come and get him immediately.

'Ai shiteru.....' he thought 'Why did I tell her? What is wrong with me???' He wrote the letter and went back to the common room. All of this took about two hours. Kyle was sitting in the chair Ron usually sat in, he turned when he walked in.

"You Son of a bitch" he said standing up. "How could you hurt someone like that? Tell them you love them then run out of the room? What the hell is wrong with you?!" Ron was shocked. He had expected Kyle to beat the shit out of him for telling Nic he loved her, in stead he was mad because he hadn't stuck around? Ron sat down in a chair, utterly confused.

"I don't love Nic" Kyle said suddenly "I hardly even like her. We used to be sparring partners at her old school. She is weak now, you made her soft and that can only mean one thing." He stopped talking hoping he wouldn't have to say it. Ron just sat there; no thoughts in his mind were close to the truth. The portrait door choose right then to open. They both turned sharply to look at who was coming in. Nic entered the room.

"kowain da mon" She said "You don't know what that means do you?" Ron shook his head no, while Kyle nodded yes.

"It means I'm afraid or I'm scared" Kyle said. "But what does that have to do with anything?" For Ron though it was like a light had just clicked on in his head.

"You had the same dream" Nic nodded her head yes.

"We had the dream" she said, Kyle looked away.

"The only time two people share a dream is when....." he hesitated "They're in love" Ron's head snapped to look at Nic, who turned scarlet.