A/N: Thanks to those who reviewed the last chapter! Well, nothing to say
really so go on a read the story!
Full Summery: After being accused a murder right after the Tournament, Ron 'runs away' to America, hoping to start over anew. But three years later, his wife is struck by a curse that will end her life in one year. There is no cure for the curse, except a powerful potion. But no one knows how to brew it, well, except one. So leaving his wife at a famous wizard hospital in California, Ron and his three year-old Daughter go to England, where the only man who knows how to brew it lives. And that man is Severus Snapes, Potion Professor at Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So here are the big questions: will his family and friends accept Ron again again? And will his wife's life be saved?
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any song/ quote that I will use. They belong to their respectable owners/ creators. But anything that I have made up belongs to me!
X o X o X
A deserted island which seems to have mostly sunk
Not found on any globe, not even named
Yesterday the ship we hoped for came close but
It didn't even come to meet us.
We got a little scorched staring longingly into the sun
Holding a prism up, I waved my hand but
Can you feel?
Can you feel that hybrid rainbow?
Even we, who weren't chosen up till yesterday
Are waiting for tomorrow
Our mostly deflated zeppelin is
Skimming just barely over the ground
The look of the colors which defy description
Will probably be mercilessly pecked at by the birds
Can you feel?
Can you feel that hybrid rainbow?
Surely not yet
The limit can't be like this at all
Not like this at all
Can you feel?
Can you feel that hybrid rainbow?
I wanna believe that here is only partway through
I can feel
I can feel that hybrid rainbow
Even we, who weren't chosen up till yesterday
Are holding onto tomorrow
-Hybrid Rainbow from the Anime 'Furi Kuri (FLCL or Fooly Cooly) performed by The Pillows
X o X o X
Wind
Chapter Two: Hybrid Rainbow
"Weasley... where have I heard that name before?" Teddy asked himself. Ron just had revealed his true name to his best friend just moments ago. They were drinking coffee in the family room of Ron's house. Amory was sleeping in her room upstairs.
"It should be familiar," Ron began, "my father, Arthur Weasley, was just elected Minister of Magic in Britain."
"Oh yeah... now I remember." Teddy nodded. For a person who's best friend practically lied to him about his past and name, Teddy took it pretty well. And now there was an awkward silence. Ron took a sip of his coffee and Teddy just played with his fingers.
"Hogwarts, that was your old school?" Teddy asked. Ron nodded in response. "The ages there are 11 to 17... wont you see your classmates there when we go to talk to the potion master?"
"I guess." Ron took a long sip of the black liquid in his mug. "Oh well."
Teddy arched his eyebrow. "That is all you say? 'Oh well'? You are going to see the people that betrayed you and all you say is that?"
"I really don't hold any hard feelings against them." Ron answered.
"C'mon, at least you hate them a little for them thinking that you were a murder." Teddy leaned back into his chair.
"Well, yeah. Wouldn't you feel hurt if everyone you knew didn't believe you?' Ron asked. Teddy thought a moment and nodded. "Besides, maybe they found out that I am innocent."
"Then they would hate you because you never came back." Teddy pointed out. "Why didn't you go back if you knew you were innocent anyways?"
"Well, when principal of W.A offered me to go to the Academy I saw it as a chance." Ron answered truthfully. "A chance for me to maybe start anew, to stop being in the shadows of my older brothers, and the shadow's of my 'best' friends, Hermione Granger, the smartest witch so far in England, and Harry Potter... well, you know who he is."
"You were friends with Him?" Teddy asked surprised.
"See what I mean?" Ron asked instead of answering hi friend's question.
"Nope. I don't know what your mean, pal." Teddy told him, as he shook is head.
"Once people find out that my 'best' friend was Harry Potter, that is all they see me then, 'Harry Potter's sidekick'." Ron took another sip of his drink.
"Oh.... I see, I guess so..." Teddy yawned. "Look, get some sleep, man. We've got to wake up early tomorrow to catch a plane." He stood up and headed to one on the guest bedrooms. ""Night, Casper, I mean... G'night, Ron."
"Goodnight, Teddy." Ron replied as he went upstairs to the master bedroom.
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"Where's Mommy, Daddy?" Amory asked her father.
"She is sick right now and at the hospital." Ron answered. "Why don't you go with Uncle Teddy to go but some doughnuts?" she nodded happily and Ron handed his daughter to Teddy and watched them head off to a Krispy Kreme that was nearby the terminal. Ron then leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes.
The night before he had gotten absolutely no sleep because of worry. He worried about his wife's health. Even though that was his biggest concern, he also worried about going back to England. Through out his whole job at the Magical Games branch, he avoided all trips and meetings that was held in England.
But he had to go back now; his wife's life almost relies in this trip. He couldn't go and chicken out because he is afraid of meeting his past. Ron opened his eyes to find Amory standing before him with a glazed doughnut in her hand.
"Here, Daddy." She offered it to him, which he took gratefully.
"Thanks, princess." Ron kissed he forehead.
"Awww... Kodak moment!" Teddy exclaimed in the gayest voice ever. Ron shot his best friend a glare. "Okay... so-rr-y." he took a seat next to Ron, Amory was sitting on his lap, and began eating his doughnut. "How long do we have to wait?" he asked, referring to the time they get to board the plane.
"Forty-five more minutes." Ron answered, after finishing his breakfast. "God, this will be one of the longest forty-five minutes in my whole life." He looked at Amory, who was sleeping now on her godfather's lap. "She's like a cat. Sleeping when and where she wants, just like that."
Teddy laughed. "She is yours and Layla's daughter. You, always sleeping in, and Layla ... okay I guess the little one got that cat trait from you."
"Whatever, dude." Ron yawned. "It is still early in the morning though."
"Yeah... eleven-o-clock in the morning is so damn early, if we weren't catching a flight out of here for England, we would still be in out bed snoring." Teddy replied with a hint of sarcasm. "No, wait. You snore, I don't."
Ron gave a little chuckle. He wasn't really in the mood to laugh. But Teddy will always be Teddy; always trying to lighten up the mood in the room, no matter how much his jokes sucks.
"Dude, get some sleep." Teddy offered. "I can tell with those bags under your eyes that even thirty minutes could to a hell lot of good."
"Nah, it's okay." Ron they yawned.
"I'll watch over Amory and wake you up when it is time to board."
"Fine." Ron finally agreed. He leaned back his head and closed his eyes. In a matter of seconds he was already snoring.
X o X o X
"Are we gonna fly?" Amory asked her dad in a whisper as they took their seats on the plane.
"Yeah." Ron replied back in a whisper.
"Is it safe?" She asked another question.
Ron nodded. "Don't worry, Daddy is here." She smiled and settled in her seat. Teddy took the window seat, Ron in the middle and Amory near the aisle.
(A/N: okay, as you know, I'm not really writing this all the way, I take breaks after some parts, like this one for example. I am on Ichat (AIM) (like Itunes) and my cousin who lives all they way in Virginia gave me a link to this page. I clicked on it and it showed me different subliminal messages. The last one was a song that when played backwards was the Our Father prayer, at the beginning of the song I thought, "Oh this is okay." Then all of a sudden it started to flash images of really SICK and CREEPY pictures for like a whole minute, I think it was a minute because a couple of seconds into the pictures it freaked me out so much that I screamed like in those horror movies. At the next family reunion I'm so going scream at her or something, it's really early in the morning here in Los Angeles and she shows me THAT! Well, back to the story)
"Awe... Ca-, I mean, Ron is getting in his 'daddy' mode... it's so cute!" Teddy said in a sarcastic baby tone, which earned him a glare from Ron when he looked back at him.
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"Did you finish unpacking?" Teddy asked from the doorway of Ron/ Amory's bedroom. The three were staying at a muggle hotel in London. It was a pretty nice, and expensive, hotel. Their hotel room comes complete with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a sitting area w/ a TV and all, and a kitchen.
"Yeah." Ron answered putting a blanket over the sleeping form of Amory. "You?"
"Nah, I'll wait for tomorrow." Teddy answered. "So when are we going to meet the 'Professor'?" Teddy asked as he walked into the bed room and taking a seat on the chair.
"Tomorrow night, maybe around dinner, before or after it." Ron answered getting up from the bed where Amory spelt.
"Uh... Dude," Ron's best friend began, "you do know that tomorrow is Halloween."
'So...?" Ron arched his eyebrow. "What's so wrong with that?"
Teddy shrugged. "I don't know but, want to partying tonight?"
"Teddy, we are here on business, my wife, and your cousin, is in the hospital, she's got one year to live if this potion doesn't work, and I have my two and a half years old daughter with me. You still want to go out?"
Teddy shrugged again. "First, who cares if we are on business? Second, if we go out a tonight, and not in THAT way, you can let lose, leave the stress, and have a good time because maybe tonight might be the last time you can. Third, I heard that this hotel is pretty swanky, and they have a 24 hour day care service."
Ron looked at Amory's sleeping form on the bed. "I don't know," he thought for a minute, which was hard considering that Teddy kept saying stuff like, 'you know you wanna.' And 'part-ay!'
"Fine." Ron finally agreed.
Teddy squealed in joy. "Now what will I wear?" he asked in a valley girl tone. Ron chuckled at his friend's antics and closed his bedroom door.
X o X o X
(The next morning, 10 am)
Ron, Teddy, and Amory woke up and went to a cafe to have breakfast. As they were seated, Ron made sure the Amory of comfortable and Teddy made sure that no one though he was gay, because the last time he ate out with Ron the waitress thought that they were a couple. And to Teddy's misfortune, the waitress was really cute.
"And she will have a bowl of cereal and milk." Ron told the waiter Amory's order and handed him the menus.
"Your breakfast will be just a moment." And the waiter left. When he came back with the food, the waiter winked at Teddy before he left.
"Are you going to eat?" Ron asked as he ate his food and noticed that Teddy wasn't even touching his.
"He winked at me..." Teddy whispered.
Ron wiped Amory's mouth. "So? Incase you haven't noticed, a couple of guys winked at you, gave a certain look or smile at you a certain way every time you and me go and hang out, even back at the Academy." Ron then took a bite of his own food before continuing. "Face it, Teddy. You attract more gay guys then you do hot women."
"Can it." Teddy muttered. "So, Ron. When do we have to leave for the train?" Teddy changed the subject.
"Right after breakfast." Ron answered; he noticed that Amory already finished her food with no hassle. "There are only four train rides for students that attend Hogwarts and they are very, very long. But since we are not students and going there for 'business' once we get to the train station, there will be the Hogwarts express ready to take us and the ride will be shorter, maybe by six we will be there."
'Ron, that is still one freakin long trip." Teddy replied. He finally starts to eat again. "How long is the trip for students?"
"Well, Hogwarts Express leaves at eight in the morning and arrives at seven at night," Ron answered. "Dude, try the sourdough bread."
"Nah... well that is way more longer. Thank God I was born in California." Teddy replied. He looked at Amory. "Lucky you." He addressed Amory. "When you go to W.A you don't have to go on one hell of a train ride."
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"Man, this is one really long trip... are we there yet?" Ron glared at Teddy; it was the tenth time he asked that question.
"No." Ron answered.
"How many more hours?" Teddy asked again another question, which he asked for the twelfth time.
"Five more." Ron looked at Amory, who was yet again, sleeping right next to him. "Teddy! Even Amory doesn't ask the same questions!"
"Sorry..." Teddy muttered. "How long now?"
"ARRRG!" Ron moaned out loud, Amory didn't even stir.
"Fine, fine..." Teddy sat quietly next to Ron on the Hogwarts Express. "Are we there yet?"
X o X o X
A/N: YAY! Four new reviewers! ... That makes me happy. Well, I hope that you liked this chapter! Stay tune for chapter three, which should be up around in a week or two. Sorry if this seems late, my house is getting remodeled and I have one really paranoid mother, so I am out of the house and away from my beloved computer almost every day. And I really hate going out, especially since I wear a back brace... oh the joy, eh? Well, until next time,
-LaLathePanda
Full Summery: After being accused a murder right after the Tournament, Ron 'runs away' to America, hoping to start over anew. But three years later, his wife is struck by a curse that will end her life in one year. There is no cure for the curse, except a powerful potion. But no one knows how to brew it, well, except one. So leaving his wife at a famous wizard hospital in California, Ron and his three year-old Daughter go to England, where the only man who knows how to brew it lives. And that man is Severus Snapes, Potion Professor at Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So here are the big questions: will his family and friends accept Ron again again? And will his wife's life be saved?
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any song/ quote that I will use. They belong to their respectable owners/ creators. But anything that I have made up belongs to me!
X o X o X
A deserted island which seems to have mostly sunk
Not found on any globe, not even named
Yesterday the ship we hoped for came close but
It didn't even come to meet us.
We got a little scorched staring longingly into the sun
Holding a prism up, I waved my hand but
Can you feel?
Can you feel that hybrid rainbow?
Even we, who weren't chosen up till yesterday
Are waiting for tomorrow
Our mostly deflated zeppelin is
Skimming just barely over the ground
The look of the colors which defy description
Will probably be mercilessly pecked at by the birds
Can you feel?
Can you feel that hybrid rainbow?
Surely not yet
The limit can't be like this at all
Not like this at all
Can you feel?
Can you feel that hybrid rainbow?
I wanna believe that here is only partway through
I can feel
I can feel that hybrid rainbow
Even we, who weren't chosen up till yesterday
Are holding onto tomorrow
-Hybrid Rainbow from the Anime 'Furi Kuri (FLCL or Fooly Cooly) performed by The Pillows
X o X o X
Wind
Chapter Two: Hybrid Rainbow
"Weasley... where have I heard that name before?" Teddy asked himself. Ron just had revealed his true name to his best friend just moments ago. They were drinking coffee in the family room of Ron's house. Amory was sleeping in her room upstairs.
"It should be familiar," Ron began, "my father, Arthur Weasley, was just elected Minister of Magic in Britain."
"Oh yeah... now I remember." Teddy nodded. For a person who's best friend practically lied to him about his past and name, Teddy took it pretty well. And now there was an awkward silence. Ron took a sip of his coffee and Teddy just played with his fingers.
"Hogwarts, that was your old school?" Teddy asked. Ron nodded in response. "The ages there are 11 to 17... wont you see your classmates there when we go to talk to the potion master?"
"I guess." Ron took a long sip of the black liquid in his mug. "Oh well."
Teddy arched his eyebrow. "That is all you say? 'Oh well'? You are going to see the people that betrayed you and all you say is that?"
"I really don't hold any hard feelings against them." Ron answered.
"C'mon, at least you hate them a little for them thinking that you were a murder." Teddy leaned back into his chair.
"Well, yeah. Wouldn't you feel hurt if everyone you knew didn't believe you?' Ron asked. Teddy thought a moment and nodded. "Besides, maybe they found out that I am innocent."
"Then they would hate you because you never came back." Teddy pointed out. "Why didn't you go back if you knew you were innocent anyways?"
"Well, when principal of W.A offered me to go to the Academy I saw it as a chance." Ron answered truthfully. "A chance for me to maybe start anew, to stop being in the shadows of my older brothers, and the shadow's of my 'best' friends, Hermione Granger, the smartest witch so far in England, and Harry Potter... well, you know who he is."
"You were friends with Him?" Teddy asked surprised.
"See what I mean?" Ron asked instead of answering hi friend's question.
"Nope. I don't know what your mean, pal." Teddy told him, as he shook is head.
"Once people find out that my 'best' friend was Harry Potter, that is all they see me then, 'Harry Potter's sidekick'." Ron took another sip of his drink.
"Oh.... I see, I guess so..." Teddy yawned. "Look, get some sleep, man. We've got to wake up early tomorrow to catch a plane." He stood up and headed to one on the guest bedrooms. ""Night, Casper, I mean... G'night, Ron."
"Goodnight, Teddy." Ron replied as he went upstairs to the master bedroom.
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"Where's Mommy, Daddy?" Amory asked her father.
"She is sick right now and at the hospital." Ron answered. "Why don't you go with Uncle Teddy to go but some doughnuts?" she nodded happily and Ron handed his daughter to Teddy and watched them head off to a Krispy Kreme that was nearby the terminal. Ron then leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes.
The night before he had gotten absolutely no sleep because of worry. He worried about his wife's health. Even though that was his biggest concern, he also worried about going back to England. Through out his whole job at the Magical Games branch, he avoided all trips and meetings that was held in England.
But he had to go back now; his wife's life almost relies in this trip. He couldn't go and chicken out because he is afraid of meeting his past. Ron opened his eyes to find Amory standing before him with a glazed doughnut in her hand.
"Here, Daddy." She offered it to him, which he took gratefully.
"Thanks, princess." Ron kissed he forehead.
"Awww... Kodak moment!" Teddy exclaimed in the gayest voice ever. Ron shot his best friend a glare. "Okay... so-rr-y." he took a seat next to Ron, Amory was sitting on his lap, and began eating his doughnut. "How long do we have to wait?" he asked, referring to the time they get to board the plane.
"Forty-five more minutes." Ron answered, after finishing his breakfast. "God, this will be one of the longest forty-five minutes in my whole life." He looked at Amory, who was sleeping now on her godfather's lap. "She's like a cat. Sleeping when and where she wants, just like that."
Teddy laughed. "She is yours and Layla's daughter. You, always sleeping in, and Layla ... okay I guess the little one got that cat trait from you."
"Whatever, dude." Ron yawned. "It is still early in the morning though."
"Yeah... eleven-o-clock in the morning is so damn early, if we weren't catching a flight out of here for England, we would still be in out bed snoring." Teddy replied with a hint of sarcasm. "No, wait. You snore, I don't."
Ron gave a little chuckle. He wasn't really in the mood to laugh. But Teddy will always be Teddy; always trying to lighten up the mood in the room, no matter how much his jokes sucks.
"Dude, get some sleep." Teddy offered. "I can tell with those bags under your eyes that even thirty minutes could to a hell lot of good."
"Nah, it's okay." Ron they yawned.
"I'll watch over Amory and wake you up when it is time to board."
"Fine." Ron finally agreed. He leaned back his head and closed his eyes. In a matter of seconds he was already snoring.
X o X o X
"Are we gonna fly?" Amory asked her dad in a whisper as they took their seats on the plane.
"Yeah." Ron replied back in a whisper.
"Is it safe?" She asked another question.
Ron nodded. "Don't worry, Daddy is here." She smiled and settled in her seat. Teddy took the window seat, Ron in the middle and Amory near the aisle.
(A/N: okay, as you know, I'm not really writing this all the way, I take breaks after some parts, like this one for example. I am on Ichat (AIM) (like Itunes) and my cousin who lives all they way in Virginia gave me a link to this page. I clicked on it and it showed me different subliminal messages. The last one was a song that when played backwards was the Our Father prayer, at the beginning of the song I thought, "Oh this is okay." Then all of a sudden it started to flash images of really SICK and CREEPY pictures for like a whole minute, I think it was a minute because a couple of seconds into the pictures it freaked me out so much that I screamed like in those horror movies. At the next family reunion I'm so going scream at her or something, it's really early in the morning here in Los Angeles and she shows me THAT! Well, back to the story)
"Awe... Ca-, I mean, Ron is getting in his 'daddy' mode... it's so cute!" Teddy said in a sarcastic baby tone, which earned him a glare from Ron when he looked back at him.
X o X o X
"Did you finish unpacking?" Teddy asked from the doorway of Ron/ Amory's bedroom. The three were staying at a muggle hotel in London. It was a pretty nice, and expensive, hotel. Their hotel room comes complete with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a sitting area w/ a TV and all, and a kitchen.
"Yeah." Ron answered putting a blanket over the sleeping form of Amory. "You?"
"Nah, I'll wait for tomorrow." Teddy answered. "So when are we going to meet the 'Professor'?" Teddy asked as he walked into the bed room and taking a seat on the chair.
"Tomorrow night, maybe around dinner, before or after it." Ron answered getting up from the bed where Amory spelt.
"Uh... Dude," Ron's best friend began, "you do know that tomorrow is Halloween."
'So...?" Ron arched his eyebrow. "What's so wrong with that?"
Teddy shrugged. "I don't know but, want to partying tonight?"
"Teddy, we are here on business, my wife, and your cousin, is in the hospital, she's got one year to live if this potion doesn't work, and I have my two and a half years old daughter with me. You still want to go out?"
Teddy shrugged again. "First, who cares if we are on business? Second, if we go out a tonight, and not in THAT way, you can let lose, leave the stress, and have a good time because maybe tonight might be the last time you can. Third, I heard that this hotel is pretty swanky, and they have a 24 hour day care service."
Ron looked at Amory's sleeping form on the bed. "I don't know," he thought for a minute, which was hard considering that Teddy kept saying stuff like, 'you know you wanna.' And 'part-ay!'
"Fine." Ron finally agreed.
Teddy squealed in joy. "Now what will I wear?" he asked in a valley girl tone. Ron chuckled at his friend's antics and closed his bedroom door.
X o X o X
(The next morning, 10 am)
Ron, Teddy, and Amory woke up and went to a cafe to have breakfast. As they were seated, Ron made sure the Amory of comfortable and Teddy made sure that no one though he was gay, because the last time he ate out with Ron the waitress thought that they were a couple. And to Teddy's misfortune, the waitress was really cute.
"And she will have a bowl of cereal and milk." Ron told the waiter Amory's order and handed him the menus.
"Your breakfast will be just a moment." And the waiter left. When he came back with the food, the waiter winked at Teddy before he left.
"Are you going to eat?" Ron asked as he ate his food and noticed that Teddy wasn't even touching his.
"He winked at me..." Teddy whispered.
Ron wiped Amory's mouth. "So? Incase you haven't noticed, a couple of guys winked at you, gave a certain look or smile at you a certain way every time you and me go and hang out, even back at the Academy." Ron then took a bite of his own food before continuing. "Face it, Teddy. You attract more gay guys then you do hot women."
"Can it." Teddy muttered. "So, Ron. When do we have to leave for the train?" Teddy changed the subject.
"Right after breakfast." Ron answered; he noticed that Amory already finished her food with no hassle. "There are only four train rides for students that attend Hogwarts and they are very, very long. But since we are not students and going there for 'business' once we get to the train station, there will be the Hogwarts express ready to take us and the ride will be shorter, maybe by six we will be there."
'Ron, that is still one freakin long trip." Teddy replied. He finally starts to eat again. "How long is the trip for students?"
"Well, Hogwarts Express leaves at eight in the morning and arrives at seven at night," Ron answered. "Dude, try the sourdough bread."
"Nah... well that is way more longer. Thank God I was born in California." Teddy replied. He looked at Amory. "Lucky you." He addressed Amory. "When you go to W.A you don't have to go on one hell of a train ride."
X o X o X
"Man, this is one really long trip... are we there yet?" Ron glared at Teddy; it was the tenth time he asked that question.
"No." Ron answered.
"How many more hours?" Teddy asked again another question, which he asked for the twelfth time.
"Five more." Ron looked at Amory, who was yet again, sleeping right next to him. "Teddy! Even Amory doesn't ask the same questions!"
"Sorry..." Teddy muttered. "How long now?"
"ARRRG!" Ron moaned out loud, Amory didn't even stir.
"Fine, fine..." Teddy sat quietly next to Ron on the Hogwarts Express. "Are we there yet?"
X o X o X
A/N: YAY! Four new reviewers! ... That makes me happy. Well, I hope that you liked this chapter! Stay tune for chapter three, which should be up around in a week or two. Sorry if this seems late, my house is getting remodeled and I have one really paranoid mother, so I am out of the house and away from my beloved computer almost every day. And I really hate going out, especially since I wear a back brace... oh the joy, eh? Well, until next time,
-LaLathePanda