Ok you guys I have been thinking about this for a long time and my cousin and I came up with it. I added some details (Ok so like a ton of details :-P) and here you go! This will be at least three long chapters:-) and if you give me some reviews maybe I'll write more. I have an idea where this might go after the three but . . . please R&R!!! This is my first fan-fic so feel free to give me constructive criticism! Ok and on with the feature presentation!

True Love Never Stays Hidden
Chapter 1 - Veritaserum

"No, I will not be the person you test the vertisaram on or whatever that junk is!" Ron yelled at Harry and Hermione.

"Ron, stop being so difficult! And it's Veritaserum not whatever you've been calling it all day." Hermione chided.

It was an early October day in Ron, Harry and Hermione's sixth year at Hogwarts and they were in the Room of Requirement preparing for the second D.A. meeting of the year. Harry had been planning on having the members learn how to make Veritaserum, as it was an important thing to know to catch Death Eaters. Harry and Hermione had elected Ron to be the person they would test on but at the moment he was refusing.

"Have you two ever thought that there might be something that I wouldn't care for the whole D.A. to know even if my older brothers are no longer members?" Ron asked and then blushed. Harry had a pretty good idea of what information this was about but kept his mouth shut. Ron would disclose this information to involved parties when he got around to it.

Hermione looked up from the cushion she had sat down on to read Counter-Curses for the Cursed and said, "And what would that thing be Ron?"

Ron blushed even redder and he muttered, "Nothing, nothing"

Ron was saved from having to answer more questions by a stampede of people coming into the room. They were all chatting loudly at the new items in the room, cauldrons lined the walls and a table of exotic potions ingredients sat at the side of the room.

Harry stood up and waited for quiet. Everyone settled down either on cushions, the floor or leaning against the walls. They all looked at Harry expectantly and he announced, "We'll be making Veritaserum today. I know it's not defense against the dark arts but we don't need defense as badly as we did last year now that we have a decent teacher."

A few laughs were heard around the room at this. Tonks had taken over as their new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and was doing much better than "Professor" Umbridge despite her slight clumsiness.

"Besides, to be an auror you need to know some potions."

Another trickle of laughter went around the room at this. Ron and Harry had somehow managed to get Es on their OWLS for potions (Harry was sure it had something to do with Professor McGonagall) and were both taking potions for one of their NEWT classes to the consternation of the rest of the Gryffindor boys.

"So get busy and Ron, Hermione and I will walk around and help. Oh and one more thing. Ron has volunteered to be the one we test the potions on so we should all really thank him for that." Harry grinned at Ron and Ron gave Harry a death stare.

As the potions were already half done in the cauldrons (they were supposed to stew for a month before the final ingredients were added) the kids began placing items in the cauldrons carefully and while reading every line of the instructions.

About half an hour later Luna said softly, "Finished."

Hermione came over to look at the veritaserum. It was clear and looked like water except that it was thicker. "It looks right." She stated smiling at Ron while she dropped a few drops in a glass of pumpkin juice and set the glass beside him. All the D.A. members relaxed to watch the experiment. Ron groaned and took a gulp of the pumpkin juice. "I don't feel any different." He said slowly. Suddenly a blank look came over his face and Hermione grinned.

"It looks perfect!" she told Luna happily. "We just need to ask him something . . ."

Ginny walked quickly over from around a cauldron. "Oh this is a time just made for little sisters! Scoot over Hermione." Ginny faced Ron and said, "Tell us about the time you crashed the car into the Whomping Willow."

Ron began to talk in a monotonous voice. "Harry and I were going through the border of platforms 9 and 10 and we couldn't get in. So we just got in the car and flew to Hogwarts since dad charmed the . . ."

Hermione cut him off and said, "Ok Ron that's enough. Liesendio!" Hermione said the last word with a complex hand gesture and the blank look came off Ron's face.

A few people were staring at Hermione in shock. Seamus said slowly, "You know the counter-curse to Veritaserum? Most grown witches and wizards don't know that, or at least they can't do it."

Dean put in, "I didn't even know there was a counter-curse to Veritaserum."

Hermione blushed and said, "Well of course there's a counter-curse to it. Didn't you ever wonder why they don't use Veritaserum to get people to confess at Azkaban?"

Ron groaned as he saw Ginny. "Why did I get picked to do this? I'm the only one that has a little sister here."

Ginny mocked pain, "I take offense from that!"

With laughter the D.A. got back to work.

About an hour later, Ron had been tested on many times successfully and the D.A. was preparing to leave, all talking and waiting for Harry to tell them the coast was clear to leave. Despite certain restrictions being lifted and the D.A. becoming legal again, the members had voted that it stay secret to everyone except the members.

Harry was chatting with Luna, who was as misty as ever but complimenting the lesson. Hermione was back on the cushion with her book and Ron was under the effects of Veritaserum again.

Ginny was once again being his inquisitor but in a much more private way than before. Her high voice carried over the crowd as she asked Ron any question that popped into her head. Harry might have stopped it if he had noticed but he was caught up with watching the Marauder's Map.

"So Ron," Ginny proclaimed, "I will find out the truth now. Do you still like Fleur?"

Ron spoke in his flat voice, "No, I mean she's still hot but Bill would kill me if he knew I thought that."

"Fine. Do you like Cho?"

"Of course not. I can't date my best-friend's ex."

By this time most of the attention in the room was centered on the two. In fact, the only people still oblivious to the goings on in the room were Hermione, still caught in her book, Harry, and Luna who was oblivious to everything really.

"Hmm . . .who do you like Ron?" Ginny muttered to herself. She looked about the room and spotted Hermione. "Do you like Hermione, more than as a friend?"

"Yes." Ron said.

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..:: Alyson ::..