Author's Notes
I would like to thank my first reviewer. I do appreciate it. Now the continuing story
Chapter 2 Ron's Sadness
It was Friday, last day of the work week. Ron Weasley was sitting at his desk in the small office. He had a scroll laid out in front of him, reading. It was quite the unusual sight. Ron was not prone to reading, but that seemed the best way for keeping people away. People would start wanting to talk with him pretty soon.
Next month would be after all the anniversary of Hermione's death, no disappearance. He would not give up on her like everyone else. Even Harry had stopped looking for her. He continued his life with Ginny, his own sister by his side.
Ron tried to push the thoughts out of his head. He thought Harry and Ginny belonged together. Ron was closer to Ginny then to any of his brothers, he knew Harry made her happy. He still wished he had Hermione by his side though. Hermione was the love of his life.
They had been a couple ever since the middle of their sixth year. It had started with an argument in the Common Room. Nearly all of the Gryffindor's were in attendance.
Harry stood on the sidelines with Ginny and Neville. He did not know what they were arguing about at all. He had just walked in on it like everyone else. Besides it probably would have been better for his health if he didn't intervene in that heated discussion.
Ron then said something about Hermione kissing him.
That was when it happened.
Hermione grabbed a hold of Ron's tie and pulled his head down to hers and started kissing him.
Ron grabbed her shoulders as he went deeper with it.
There were several whooshes from the crowd. Ginny couldn't contain herself and started laughing. All Harry could do was watch.
They had stayed together until the end of their seventh year and beyond. The arguments between them had never ceased, but they had some pretty good make-up time.
Ron and Hermione made sure their relationship did not affect their friendship with Harry. They had both spent all the time that they could with them, being his friend.
Harry needed his friends at the end of their seventh year. That was when Harry had finally been able to destroy Lord Voldemort.
Harry would have been dead if it wasn't for Hermione, Ron, and Ginny.
While several Dementors and the Deatheaters were attacking Hogwarts, Harry had led Voldemort into a trap. The trap was set inside of the Ministry of Magic. Specifically the Department of Mysteries and to the veil. The same that had claimed Sirius.
Hermione, Ron, and Ginny had followed against Harry's wishes. They had arrived just in time to see Harry pull Voldemort into the veil. Harry was going to go in there with him. It had been Ron's worse fear. Harry was willing to sacrifice himself to kill Voldemort.
All three of them had rushed up and pulled Harry away in the nick of time. When they laid him on the floor he looked nearly dead. His breathing was spaced out and he was paler than Nearly Headless Nick.
Ginny had brought along her medical bag and had begun to work on him. She had spent the previous year studying under Madam Pomphrey.
Hermione had pushed Harry's bangs aside to feel for a fever. That was when they noticed his scar. It was healing on it own.
When it had finished healing Harry's eyes snapped open. "He's dead." Harry breathed. "Voldemort is dead."
Right afterwards Harry was escorted to the Burrow, where he was taken care of by Mrs. Weasley.
They had learned that Hogwarts had survived the attack. But it came at a price. Some Aurors were killed, many of whom had been in the Order of the Phoenix. The older students had helped in the protection of the school. Some of them had fallen as well.
But something else had happened that night Voldemort and his followers fell. No one else knew, but that was the first night that Ron and Hermione spent together.
Harry had finished giving his plan to Hermione and Ron, then stating he needed to be alone. He went to the boys' dorm and didn't come down.
Ron had followed him a short time later. He did not see Harry, but he noticed that the Invisibility Cloak was missing.
Hermione was gone when Ron came back down. But he knew where he could find her. Ron went to the Head Girl's office. He knocked softly before entering.
She was on the couch crying. They sat on the couch only snuggling at first, afraid of the next day. Both were scared knowing what would happen that night. Either Harry would succeed or Hogwarts would become a school for the Dark Arts.
Hermione had then started kissing Ron on the cheek, moving towards his mouth.
"We're going to be alright." Ron said in between the kisses.
"I know." Hermione said. "It's just that, tomorrow either way everything is going to be different."
"Different?" Ron asked.
"We'll get ready to graduate, if there is a Hogwarts left. The Wizarding world will be freed. I don't want to be the only thing not changed."
"What are you talking about?" Ron asked.
Hermione was no longer looking him in the face. "I just want to, before everything changes. I want you there with me."
"I'm not leaving." Ron said trying to figure out what Hermione was saying.
"Not like that." Hermione said. If she said what she was actually thinking she knew her face would turn red. "I want to spend the night with you. More than like this. I want to. . ."
"Hermione!" Ron nearly jumped out of his seat. He had finally figured out what she was implying. "But, we can't. This is a school. You're head girl."
"You don't want to, is that it?" Hermione asked feeling foolish.
"No no no. I want to. Bloody hell I want to. I just want to be you know the right time."
"I can't think of a better time or place." Hermione said.
"Here! The paintings someone will see."
"I cast a charm so that they can't return to their paintings. See none of them are here."
Ron had to smile as he looked at her. "Hermione, you are a little scary sometimes, brilliant, but scary."
When they had left school Hermione immediately got a job at the Ministry of Magic and had rented a small flat outside of London. Ron had stayed at the Burrow, along with Harry who Molly would not allow to leave. Hermione then offered Ron to stay with her. After all he was over at her flat constantly. Everything seemed fine with the world.
But that September Hermione said that she wanted to see her parents for a week. Ron got mad because he wanted to spend her birthday with her. They had ended up fighting before she left. It was never resolved. The next day he got a message from her parents. She never showed. Ron at first didn't worry too much. She was going to travel by Muggle means, which meant slow. He went around to places she knew she went to looking for her.
The hours grew and Ron grew even more worried. He contacted his parents and Harry. Everyone was now looking for her. Days grew into weeks and still there was no sign of her. Ron grew more depressed as each day past. As a last resort they put an article in the Daily Prophet to try to see if it would help. Nothing.
After a year had passed the Ministry of Magic changed her status from missing to deceased. Ron was not seen for the entire day.
Trying to push the image of her out of his mind Ron went back over the agreement written on the scroll.
Ron worked at the Ministry of Magic, specifically in the Department of Magical Games and Sports. He had worked his way up to become a junior in the department. What he was working on right then was a Quidditch Game. Having Beaxbatons play against Hogwarts.
Ron had wanted the house cup winner to play for Hogwarts. Others wanted a grouping of the four houses. Getting Gryffindors and Slytherins to work together; he would rather be in room full of spiders.
One of the Unspeakables walked by right then. He did not want to think about that in front of one them. They probably had a room of spiders in the Department of Mysteries. With all the other things down there it would be easy to believe.
Ron managed not to talk with anyone else for the rest of day. He closed up his desk and headed back to his flat.
Ron had been living on his own for the past year. He moved out of the Burrow right after Hermione had been declared dead by the Ministry. His family was always trying to help him come to terms with her being gone. It got to the point that he could not take it anymore.
After he Apparated home he got washed up. Ginny and Harry would be coming over soon. They invited him out to dinner tonight. Ginny also said that she was bringing a friend.
For the last few months now both Harry and Ginny had been trying to set him up with several girls. None of which he showed interest in.
Harry knocked on the door to Ron's apartment. Ron opened the door dressed in dark blue robes. "Ready?" Harry asked.
"Yeah," Ron answered.
"This is Hestia." Ginny said indicating the girl behind Harry.
Ron looked at Hestia. She was blond with green eyes. She wore red robes that made her kind of stand out. "Hello, Ron." She said in Veela like voice.
"Hi." Ron answered shutting the door. They all Disapperated together and Apperated to Diagon Alley. From there they went to one of the restaurants near Gringotts. Ron barely noticed the name.
Ron remained polite the entire time staying in the conversation. Hestia turned out not to be that bad of a person. As a matter of fact he thought she was quite the lovely person. She was just missing one aspect, she wasn't Hermione.
After the dinner Ron Disapperated and Apperated back to his apartment. He summoned a bottle of fire whiskey and started drinking right from the bottle. He didn't see the reason to bother with a glass.
Some time later he heard a popping noise. Harry had Apperated over.
"I thought I might find you like this." Harry said.
"I thought it was a nice way to spend the rest of the evening." Ron answered taking another swig of the near empty bottle.
"I told Ginny bringing Hestia tonight wasn't a good idea." Harry said taking a seat on the couch next to Ron. "I didn't know if you would want to go on a date tonight. Even though that is what you should be doing."
"I appreciate what you and Ginny are doing for me, but I can handle my own life." Ron answered. He took another swig from the bottle and proceeded to stand. However his level of intoxication was an issue
"You know she would curse you into a thousand pieces if she saw you like this." Harry said right after Ron had landed square on the floor. After a moment Harry offered his hand to help him up.
Ron shrugged off the attempt. "Then she would be around to curse me. You have my sister go be happy with her." Ron shouted.
Harry straightened up right then. "Ron you are my best friend and so was she. I knew you two belonged together. I want you to be happy. You aren't going to do that until you accept that fact that she is gone and she isn't coming back."
Ron made a very offensive hand gesture to Harry.
Harry gathered up is cloak and was about to Disapperate.
"We had a fight." Ron said.
This caught Harry completely off guard.
"Right before she left we had a fight. I told her I wanted her to be with me for her birthday. She said she wanted to spend it at her parent's house, with her family. We got into a fight about it. The reason I wanted her to stay was so I could give her, her present. I was going to propose. She left angry at me. I didn't even tell her that I loved her." Ron started crying right then.
Harry went over and put a hand on Ron's shoulder. "I miss her." Ron said.
"We all do. Tomorrow we will start looking for her again, together." Harry said. Harry knew it was full hardy, but it would be what Ron needed.
Ron nodded
Harry felt that he would be alright so he Disapperated back home. From there he gathered all the paperwork he had saved of the searches, all the dead ends. He took a seat at his desk and went to work
I would like to thank my first reviewer. I do appreciate it. Now the continuing story
Chapter 2 Ron's Sadness
It was Friday, last day of the work week. Ron Weasley was sitting at his desk in the small office. He had a scroll laid out in front of him, reading. It was quite the unusual sight. Ron was not prone to reading, but that seemed the best way for keeping people away. People would start wanting to talk with him pretty soon.
Next month would be after all the anniversary of Hermione's death, no disappearance. He would not give up on her like everyone else. Even Harry had stopped looking for her. He continued his life with Ginny, his own sister by his side.
Ron tried to push the thoughts out of his head. He thought Harry and Ginny belonged together. Ron was closer to Ginny then to any of his brothers, he knew Harry made her happy. He still wished he had Hermione by his side though. Hermione was the love of his life.
They had been a couple ever since the middle of their sixth year. It had started with an argument in the Common Room. Nearly all of the Gryffindor's were in attendance.
Harry stood on the sidelines with Ginny and Neville. He did not know what they were arguing about at all. He had just walked in on it like everyone else. Besides it probably would have been better for his health if he didn't intervene in that heated discussion.
Ron then said something about Hermione kissing him.
That was when it happened.
Hermione grabbed a hold of Ron's tie and pulled his head down to hers and started kissing him.
Ron grabbed her shoulders as he went deeper with it.
There were several whooshes from the crowd. Ginny couldn't contain herself and started laughing. All Harry could do was watch.
They had stayed together until the end of their seventh year and beyond. The arguments between them had never ceased, but they had some pretty good make-up time.
Ron and Hermione made sure their relationship did not affect their friendship with Harry. They had both spent all the time that they could with them, being his friend.
Harry needed his friends at the end of their seventh year. That was when Harry had finally been able to destroy Lord Voldemort.
Harry would have been dead if it wasn't for Hermione, Ron, and Ginny.
While several Dementors and the Deatheaters were attacking Hogwarts, Harry had led Voldemort into a trap. The trap was set inside of the Ministry of Magic. Specifically the Department of Mysteries and to the veil. The same that had claimed Sirius.
Hermione, Ron, and Ginny had followed against Harry's wishes. They had arrived just in time to see Harry pull Voldemort into the veil. Harry was going to go in there with him. It had been Ron's worse fear. Harry was willing to sacrifice himself to kill Voldemort.
All three of them had rushed up and pulled Harry away in the nick of time. When they laid him on the floor he looked nearly dead. His breathing was spaced out and he was paler than Nearly Headless Nick.
Ginny had brought along her medical bag and had begun to work on him. She had spent the previous year studying under Madam Pomphrey.
Hermione had pushed Harry's bangs aside to feel for a fever. That was when they noticed his scar. It was healing on it own.
When it had finished healing Harry's eyes snapped open. "He's dead." Harry breathed. "Voldemort is dead."
Right afterwards Harry was escorted to the Burrow, where he was taken care of by Mrs. Weasley.
They had learned that Hogwarts had survived the attack. But it came at a price. Some Aurors were killed, many of whom had been in the Order of the Phoenix. The older students had helped in the protection of the school. Some of them had fallen as well.
But something else had happened that night Voldemort and his followers fell. No one else knew, but that was the first night that Ron and Hermione spent together.
Harry had finished giving his plan to Hermione and Ron, then stating he needed to be alone. He went to the boys' dorm and didn't come down.
Ron had followed him a short time later. He did not see Harry, but he noticed that the Invisibility Cloak was missing.
Hermione was gone when Ron came back down. But he knew where he could find her. Ron went to the Head Girl's office. He knocked softly before entering.
She was on the couch crying. They sat on the couch only snuggling at first, afraid of the next day. Both were scared knowing what would happen that night. Either Harry would succeed or Hogwarts would become a school for the Dark Arts.
Hermione had then started kissing Ron on the cheek, moving towards his mouth.
"We're going to be alright." Ron said in between the kisses.
"I know." Hermione said. "It's just that, tomorrow either way everything is going to be different."
"Different?" Ron asked.
"We'll get ready to graduate, if there is a Hogwarts left. The Wizarding world will be freed. I don't want to be the only thing not changed."
"What are you talking about?" Ron asked.
Hermione was no longer looking him in the face. "I just want to, before everything changes. I want you there with me."
"I'm not leaving." Ron said trying to figure out what Hermione was saying.
"Not like that." Hermione said. If she said what she was actually thinking she knew her face would turn red. "I want to spend the night with you. More than like this. I want to. . ."
"Hermione!" Ron nearly jumped out of his seat. He had finally figured out what she was implying. "But, we can't. This is a school. You're head girl."
"You don't want to, is that it?" Hermione asked feeling foolish.
"No no no. I want to. Bloody hell I want to. I just want to be you know the right time."
"I can't think of a better time or place." Hermione said.
"Here! The paintings someone will see."
"I cast a charm so that they can't return to their paintings. See none of them are here."
Ron had to smile as he looked at her. "Hermione, you are a little scary sometimes, brilliant, but scary."
When they had left school Hermione immediately got a job at the Ministry of Magic and had rented a small flat outside of London. Ron had stayed at the Burrow, along with Harry who Molly would not allow to leave. Hermione then offered Ron to stay with her. After all he was over at her flat constantly. Everything seemed fine with the world.
But that September Hermione said that she wanted to see her parents for a week. Ron got mad because he wanted to spend her birthday with her. They had ended up fighting before she left. It was never resolved. The next day he got a message from her parents. She never showed. Ron at first didn't worry too much. She was going to travel by Muggle means, which meant slow. He went around to places she knew she went to looking for her.
The hours grew and Ron grew even more worried. He contacted his parents and Harry. Everyone was now looking for her. Days grew into weeks and still there was no sign of her. Ron grew more depressed as each day past. As a last resort they put an article in the Daily Prophet to try to see if it would help. Nothing.
After a year had passed the Ministry of Magic changed her status from missing to deceased. Ron was not seen for the entire day.
Trying to push the image of her out of his mind Ron went back over the agreement written on the scroll.
Ron worked at the Ministry of Magic, specifically in the Department of Magical Games and Sports. He had worked his way up to become a junior in the department. What he was working on right then was a Quidditch Game. Having Beaxbatons play against Hogwarts.
Ron had wanted the house cup winner to play for Hogwarts. Others wanted a grouping of the four houses. Getting Gryffindors and Slytherins to work together; he would rather be in room full of spiders.
One of the Unspeakables walked by right then. He did not want to think about that in front of one them. They probably had a room of spiders in the Department of Mysteries. With all the other things down there it would be easy to believe.
Ron managed not to talk with anyone else for the rest of day. He closed up his desk and headed back to his flat.
Ron had been living on his own for the past year. He moved out of the Burrow right after Hermione had been declared dead by the Ministry. His family was always trying to help him come to terms with her being gone. It got to the point that he could not take it anymore.
After he Apparated home he got washed up. Ginny and Harry would be coming over soon. They invited him out to dinner tonight. Ginny also said that she was bringing a friend.
For the last few months now both Harry and Ginny had been trying to set him up with several girls. None of which he showed interest in.
Harry knocked on the door to Ron's apartment. Ron opened the door dressed in dark blue robes. "Ready?" Harry asked.
"Yeah," Ron answered.
"This is Hestia." Ginny said indicating the girl behind Harry.
Ron looked at Hestia. She was blond with green eyes. She wore red robes that made her kind of stand out. "Hello, Ron." She said in Veela like voice.
"Hi." Ron answered shutting the door. They all Disapperated together and Apperated to Diagon Alley. From there they went to one of the restaurants near Gringotts. Ron barely noticed the name.
Ron remained polite the entire time staying in the conversation. Hestia turned out not to be that bad of a person. As a matter of fact he thought she was quite the lovely person. She was just missing one aspect, she wasn't Hermione.
After the dinner Ron Disapperated and Apperated back to his apartment. He summoned a bottle of fire whiskey and started drinking right from the bottle. He didn't see the reason to bother with a glass.
Some time later he heard a popping noise. Harry had Apperated over.
"I thought I might find you like this." Harry said.
"I thought it was a nice way to spend the rest of the evening." Ron answered taking another swig of the near empty bottle.
"I told Ginny bringing Hestia tonight wasn't a good idea." Harry said taking a seat on the couch next to Ron. "I didn't know if you would want to go on a date tonight. Even though that is what you should be doing."
"I appreciate what you and Ginny are doing for me, but I can handle my own life." Ron answered. He took another swig from the bottle and proceeded to stand. However his level of intoxication was an issue
"You know she would curse you into a thousand pieces if she saw you like this." Harry said right after Ron had landed square on the floor. After a moment Harry offered his hand to help him up.
Ron shrugged off the attempt. "Then she would be around to curse me. You have my sister go be happy with her." Ron shouted.
Harry straightened up right then. "Ron you are my best friend and so was she. I knew you two belonged together. I want you to be happy. You aren't going to do that until you accept that fact that she is gone and she isn't coming back."
Ron made a very offensive hand gesture to Harry.
Harry gathered up is cloak and was about to Disapperate.
"We had a fight." Ron said.
This caught Harry completely off guard.
"Right before she left we had a fight. I told her I wanted her to be with me for her birthday. She said she wanted to spend it at her parent's house, with her family. We got into a fight about it. The reason I wanted her to stay was so I could give her, her present. I was going to propose. She left angry at me. I didn't even tell her that I loved her." Ron started crying right then.
Harry went over and put a hand on Ron's shoulder. "I miss her." Ron said.
"We all do. Tomorrow we will start looking for her again, together." Harry said. Harry knew it was full hardy, but it would be what Ron needed.
Ron nodded
Harry felt that he would be alright so he Disapperated back home. From there he gathered all the paperwork he had saved of the searches, all the dead ends. He took a seat at his desk and went to work