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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 two 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? 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!
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In cases such as these I'd like a hand
Don't wake me up without a master plan
With black and white instead of color
When things that were once beautiful
Are bland
And when I feel like I can feel once again
Let me stay awhile
Soak it in awhile
If we can hold on we can fix what is wrong
Buy a little time
For this head of me
Haven for us
In truth there is no better place to be
Than falling out of darkness still to see
Without a premonition
Could you tell me where we stand?
I'd hate to lose this light
Before we land
And when I fell like I can feel once again
Let me stay awhile
Soak it in awhile
If we can hold on we can fix what is wrong
Buy a little time
For this head of me
Haven for us
Before we let euphoria
Convince us we are free
Remind us how we used to feel
Before when life was real
And when I feel like I can feel again once again
Let me stay awhile
Soak it in awhile
If we can hold n we can fix what is wrong
Buy a little time
For this head of mine
Haven for us
-The Light Before We Land, Gunslinger Girl
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Wind
Chapter fifteen: The Light Before We land
Harry stared at his long lost, but now found, best friend from across the room. Ron looked worried, with his daughter resting in the chair next to him. Harry took a deep breath. Ron's wife, Layla, was rushed to the hospital, due to an unexpected attack, the doctors were with her, and the long wait was probably making Ron go crazy. Harry leans back and surveyed the waiting room. Everyone was here, even Layla's parents came back, but Molly hasn't showed up. Harry's eyes darted from one side to the other, he even caught a glimpse of these two people that were Ron and Layla's best friends, Elaine, who just came back from Las Vegas and happily married, and Teddy, a doctor at this hospital. Hermione walked into the room, and a tray in hand with enough cups of coffee for everyone.
"Here." Harry looked up to see Hermione offering him a cup of coffee. Harry thankfully took the cup and drank down the dark brown liquid. Hermione smiled and went back to giving out drinks to everyone. When she came to Ron, he refused, but drank it when Hermione gave him one of her looks. He crumpled the cup, got up, threw it away and left the waiting room for the hall. Harry got up to follow him.
"Hey." Harry solemnly greeted the dark redhead, who was leaning against the wall. Ron gave Harry a nod. Harry gave him a grim grin before taking a spot on the wall next to Ron. "I've missed you mate."
"Me too." Ron replied softly.
"What you said, back at your house... was it true?" Harry questioned. Ron turned his head, and hesitantly nodded. "It's okay, I'm not mad or anything."
"I just wanted to be my own person." Said Ron. "And... I saw that chance three years ago, and I took it."
"With no regrets?"
Ron looked down. "No regrets."
"You know, I have those feeling too." Harry replied. "There are times when I didn't want to be Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived and Killed You Know Who, just Harry James Potter, another wizard." Ron said nothing. Harry sighed. "I'm glad your back." Harry placed a hand on Ron's shoulder. "We're still friends, no matter what." Harry grinned and returned to the waiting room.
A few moments later, Rom reappeared in the waiting room. "Mr. Glory, Mrs. Glory, Dr. Ni wants to talk to us." He dismal tone. Layla's parents nodded and followed Ron out of the room.
"You think she will be alright?" Ginny asked, sifting in her seat.
"I don't know." Percy replied. "From what I know, the Niru Hex isn't suppose to cause attacks that severe during the time that the victim is gaining back energy."
"She better be okay." Arthur spoke for the first time since leaving the house. When Ron left, he sat next to Amory to watch over her. He stroked the sleeping girl's hair.
Sirius sifted his feet. "Poor girl, seeing her mother in that kind of state." He said to Remus. Remus nodded and checks his watch for the tenth time that day.
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"Is she going to be all right?" Mrs. Glory asked hopefully. Ron and Layla's parents sat in front of Dr. Ni's desk. The doctor pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and shuffled thought is papers.
"It appears..." He took a deep breath and looked up at the three. "It appears that all the negative energy from the hex, that was meant to eat up her life energy but was driven out most of her body because of the potion, that there are still negative energy, and most of it has formed around her heart."
"Wh-what do you mean, 'formed around her heart'?" Mr. Glory asked, with deep concern in his voice.
"This is a very, very are affect from the curse." Dr. Ni began to explain. "But, when the negative energy does form around the victim's heart, it sort of acts on how the victim is feeling. If she is happy, there is no pain, nothing, and the negative energy that is around the heart falls weak against the potion and disappears. If she was hurt mentally, depressed, or sad, it causes horrible pain, blockage of the windpipe, nose bleeds, temporal blindness and sometimes internal bleeding."
Dr. Ni saw how their faces looked. "Don't worry, there isn't any bleeding, but when she was first brought in she want able to breath and see, don't worry, we fixed that. Now, has anyone said anything to her that might cause some depressing thoughts?"
"No, everyone has been nice to Layla." Mr. Glory turned to his son-in-law. "Right, Ron?"
"Well... my mom said something about her, a while after you left..." Ron reluctantly replied.
"WHAT?" Mrs. Glory shrieked. "What did she say?"
"That... Layla must've been a... a whore..." Ron looked away from his in-laws.
"WHAT?" She screeched again. "Molly? But... she was so nice!"
"Well, what ever your mother said, Ron triggered the negative energy." Said Dr. Ni. "Maybe if you can get your mother to apologies, as in she truly means it, maybe the negative energy around the heart will weaken a bit." He noted a positive cure.
"My mom is a bit stubborn. Kind of runs in the family." Ron said a bit embarrassed.
"Well, try to make her. We have to get that energy out from her heart!" Dr. Ni ordered.
"Okay, okay, I will." Ron rubbed his forehead. "Is Layla okay right now?"
"Yeah, can we see her?" Mrs. Glory asked eagerly.
The doctor nodded. "I'll get a nurse to show you the way to her room."
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"I'm fine." Layla rolled her eyes as her mom asked her for the zillionth time.
"I'm your mother, I'm suppose to ask you!" Her mom replied. A few moments ago, Molly came in and apologized, and slowly Layla felt a bit better, but had to stay in the hospital over night she the doctors could check up on her. Snape was going to stop by in the morning before she was checked out.
Layla sighed before leaning back down and resting her head on the pillow. The Weasleys and everyone else came in to say hi before they all had to go back to England. Mr. Glory took Amory to the estate because Layla didn't want her daughter to be sleeping in a hospital. Ron, Teddy, Elaine, and Rick went to a local restaurant that had also served to-go food to bring back so everyone, Layla, the parents, and them selves can eat.
The door opened and Teddy came in followed with Ron and Rick both with two plastic bags each and Elaine who had a six-pack of butterbeer. "I have come with peace offerings of Tacos, Quesada (sp?), Burritos, and other Mexican food that we have added our American ways into the recipe!"
Ron and Rick both rolled their eyes and they settled the food on the table. Elaine uncorked a bottle of butterbeer and gave it to Layla. "This is the good stuff." Layla commented after a sip.
"Yeah, way better the they crap they call food here." Teddy replied referring to the hospital food.
"Language, boy!" Mrs. Glory warned. Teddy muttered a sorry. "Well, I'm heading back to the Estate. Enjoy your meal." She kissed her daughter's cheek and waved goodbye to everyone else before disappearing. As soon as she was gone, everyone, except Lela rushed to the food.
"BWAHAHA!" Elaine cackled in triumph when she got a hold of the extra spicy taco that she and Teddy fought for.
"Remind me why I married such a kid?" Rick joked. Elaine just squealed in delight and jumped on her new husbands back as she munched on the taco,
"God, the married life... WOOHOO! I'm still single." Teddy cheered for himself.
"What happen to your girlfriend?" Layla asked.
"She wanted to pay more attention to school and her kid." Teddy replied as he ate.
"I see... We're gonna find you a girl that sticks for once! Right Elaine?" Layla turned to her best friend who had just gotten of Rick's back.
"Uh... sure... right..." Elaine replied.
"Awww... poor Teddy, being set up by two married women... sad, no?" Ron turned to Rick who nodded.
"Shut up." Teddy mumbled.
"Or maybe a guy." Elaine said out of the blue. "Maybe a guy would be good for you, Ted. That waiter at the restaurant was giving you the eye."
"I'M NOT GAY!" Teddy cried out, causing everyone to burst in to laughs. The seventeen year olds continued to hang around Layla's hospital room, talking and eating until they all wanted sleep, so the camped out in the hospital room.
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A/N: Sorry I didn't write Molly's apology to Layla, getting lazy... REALLY I'M SORRY! TT
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