Hiya, wow I didn't expect that many reviews so quickly! You really want me to update this! Well, I have decided that this will be the last chapter I'm writing – I'm getting a bit bored of it!
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Chapter 10 – (By the way I was joking about it being the last chapter – not sure how many more there will be though – all depends on how much more you want to here!
Explanations, Memories and realisations
Taking a seat next to Hermione, Ron repeated what he had said
"I think the spell was transportio something or other – it wasn't very clear, as I was panicking a little at the time! Why is that the spell that sent me here and rid me of my memories?"
"I do believe it is," exclaimed Hermione as she ran out of the room to the study where the desk was almost as untidy as Mark's had been. Sitting herself down in front of "Transportation around the world" and thumbed through until she found the page she was looking for. Ron stood in the doorway, watching her work.
"Some things never change do they Mione?" Shocked out of her concentrated state, Hermione stared at Ron, who had just realised what he had just said.
"Blimey I don't know where that came from, just watching you reading that book made me remember you at school, sitting in the library with your head in a text book." Ron beamed as he came further into the room and perched on the edge of the desk.
"What's the book about anyway?"
"It's a book on Transportation spells around the world, so far I have narrowed the possibilities down to approximately 7….actually, no make that one!! Ron, I think I've found the spell that Voldemort used on you!"
"What, really, read out what it says Mione!" Ron jumped up excited; finally, they were getting somewhere!
'The Transportio hemisphere spell, this spell can be used to transport a witch or wizard to the other hemisphere. It can be performed by the witch/wizard themselves or by another person. This spell has been linked to unknown sources of Dark magic and has some terrible side effects, the most common occurring ones include, Memory loss, comas and death.
It is easy to tell if a witch/wizard has been transported using this spell as a small picture of a bird in flight, not unlike a muggle tattoo will appear somewhere on the persons body.'
"Ron" Hermione glanced up from the book, "It all fits so far, but do you have any tattoos?"
"I don't know, I've never seen any, perhaps there may be one on my back, will you have a look for me?" Slowly watching Hermione nod her head as he lifted his top over his head and off of his arms. To Hermione's surprise, he was still as fit and muscular as he was back in his Hogwarts days when he was Quidditch Keeper for Gryffindor. Scanning his back, Hermione resisted the erge to touch him; all of a sudden she was broke from her thoughts when her eyes stumbled across a small picture.
"Ron, its here, there is a Bird in flight right here," she said as she pressed the spot on his back where the bird was situated.
"Well, at least we know what spell was used against you, lets just see if the book comes up with an antidote, or reversal spell to get you back to normal" Hermione pressed on as she buried herself in the text again.
"I'll go and put the kettle on again as it appears you will be some time!" Ron mumbled as he walked back towards the kitchen, he had seen that look on Hermione's face before; it was the look of serious concentration. He knew that if he interrupted her now he would not see his next birthday!
The clock ticked on, and it was now mid afternoon before he heard anything from Hermione, he had rummaged around her cupboards and produced a sandwich for her lunch but apart from that he had sat in the living room looking through an old photo album which was lying on the coffee table. He recognised the majority of the people in them, and could even remember some of them actually being taken. It was strange seeing himself with all of these people, when in truth he didn't remember ever meeting them.
"BINGO!!" cried Hermione from the other room, she tore down the hallway and landed with a thump on the sofa next to a startled Ron.
"I've found it, I've found the counter spell. It will transport you back to England and basically reverse what happened before, but you will still be able to remember everything that has happened to you here in Australia." Hermione grinned as she threw her arms around his neck and gave him a rib-breaking hug.
"Hermione, I should head back to the hospital, Sister will be ever so mad at me for sneaking out. Can we cast the spell there, that way I will be able to collect my stuff too."
"Yes of course Ron, I'll have to speak to Mark, my boss first and explain everything that has happened and what we are going to do. Also, I suppose to hand in my notice, I'm not letting you out of my sight again, I lost you for nearly 6 years, I can't go through that again." Hermione said as she grabbed her coat and a handful of floo powder from the pot beside the fire grate.
Unfortunately for Ron, Sister was walking past just at the same time he Floo'd back into the hospital foyer.
"Ah Mr Weasley, and where pray tell have you been all morning? I do not recall you asking for a chaperone to take you out of the hospital grounds. I shall be speaking to Matron about you, no doubt you will be confined to your room for the foreseeable future for this latest stunt."
"Actually Sister, he was with me, I was carrying out a Community environment session, you know what I mean, where you integrate the patient back in the everyday world." Hermione piped up with a smug grin. Ron was quite shocked at her out burst but was extremely pleased when the Sister gave a "Humph" and marched off down a corridor to the staff canteen.
"Thanks Mione, that old hag has been bugging me for the last 5 years and now you've finally put her in her place!" Ron exclaimed as his trade mark lopsided grin spread out on his face.
"Right well you head on up to your room, I'm going to go and speak to Mark about the latest developments. I'll come up when I've finished, Ok?" Hermione said as she made her way to the lift with Ron shortly behind her. Once they reached the 5th floor they both got out and headed in the opposite directions.
Knocking on Mark's door, and waiting for the "Come in Please" Hermione opened the door and peeked round the door frame, only to see a rather busy Mark still shoulder high in books and parchment.
"Hi Mark, is this a bad time? I could call back later only I've come across some very important facts about Ron's case!"
"Hiya Hermione, no please come in, I could do with a break from all this admin work. What's the latest then?" Mark said as a look of relief appeared on his face, he cleared a space on one of the chairs for Hermione to sit then proceeded to sit back in his own chair and rest his feet on the desk.
Hermione took her time in explaining the situation very carefully, she went into details about how to transfer Ron back to England and hopefully regain his memory by casting the counter spell.
Mark listened intently to the speech and nodded his agreement here and there.
"It seems all ok with me, I suppose the sooner you cast the spell the better really, I take it Ron already knows about this?" After waiting for a nod from Hermione he continued
"Well it would only be fair to do it quite soon, how about tomorrow?"
"Yes, tomorrow would be good, it would give him a chance to get used to the idea, and also for myself to research the spell a bit more. There is one more thing I wanted to ask you, I know I haven't been here that long, and It is a bit of a cheek but would it be possible if I…" but she didn't get to finish her sentence as Mark had read her thoughts and cut in with his answer
"Hermione, of course I understand, you want to leave this job and return to England with Ron. Don't worry; Steve explained your situation when I asked him for any recommendations for this job. He said the change of scenery may do you good, looks like he was right doesn't it! Don't worry about leaving us in the lurch, you predecessor, called the other day to inform us that he is over the worst of the flu and should be able to return to work within the next month!"
Tears were now glistening down Hermione's cheeks as the watery smile spread on her lips, reaching over the table and hugging Mark around the neck, she cried her happy tears into his shoulder whilst saying
"You don't know how happy I am, thank you Mark, Thank you!"
"So we're casting the spell on you tomorrow morning and hopefully if all goes according to plan, you will return to the exact spot that you left nearly 6 years ago, with all your memories still intact and me standing beside you. Madame Pomfrey, the Healer at Hogwarts, will be on standby just in case you need her, and it has been suggested that you spend a night in the infirmary there just to be on the safe side. Hermione explained the procedure to Ron over some dinner later on that night. They were sitting in the almost empty canteen, sipping hot chocolate and discussing their plans for when they return to England.
"Mione, what about your job, you're here for a year aren't you?" Ron enquired
"Well I was, but Mark has agreed that I should be in England with you, you see you are still technically on the clinical trials until I write up a report on your recovery, so I will be getting a small salary whilst looking after you." When we leave Hogwarts, we can move back into my flat in London whilst you get settled and used to having a full memory again, then we can see about contacting your family again.
"That sounds like a good enough plan to me!" Ron said through a yawn. "I'm beat, Mione, I might head on up to bed now, I'll see you in the morning, Ok?" Ron declared as he gave Hermione a peck on the cheek.
Watching his retreating back, Hermione couldn't feel happier if she tried, she had found Ron, found a cure for his memory loss and was about to return home to England with the man of her dreams. That is if it all went well tomorrow.
He He, aren't I cruel, I know you don't like the cliffies but review and I'll update quicker!!