Ron's bad dreams…

Ch. 4

Ron found himself back in the dark hallway. He heard someone yelling out for help. "Oh God, No please No, Help Ron please help me." The voice cried. He heard the sound of running water. Lighting his wand so he could see he headed down the long hallway. This time he was determined to get to the end. "Help please help me." The voice called out. He heard the sound of something running across the floor. Ron decided not to look he had a good idea what it was already. However, he did pick up his pace a little. He wanted to get to that door this time. The cries for help turned into screams of pure terror. Ron started to run as the screams got louder. He finely made it to the door. He was just about to grab the door handle, when something or someone grabbed his arm. He spun around and blindly threw a punch at his attacker.

"Shit Ron! Wake up!" Harry staggered backwards holding his face in his hands.

Ron awoke with a jerk. He jumped out of bed and got in a stance prepared to fight. Then he finely came fully awake and put down his fists "What the hell?" he said looking at Harry standing there in front of him holding the side of his face.

"You hit me!" was all Harry could say.

"Oh shit Harry I'm sorry." Harry's eye was starting to swell up.

"Bloody hell! I can't believe you just punched me." He said surprised

"Harry you caught me off guard. I'm so sorry"

"What the hell did you do that for?" Ginny yelled. She had come up with Harry to wake Ron for dinner. She did not know about his nightmares, and was shocked to see Ron do that. "Shit Ron what is your problem?" she stepped in between him and Harry shoving him away. She turned to look at Harry "are you ok?" she asked concerned.

"I think so." He replied

"We need to get you to Madam Pomfrey right now." she said trying to examine his eye.

"Harry I'm sor…" Ron started.

Ginny rounded on her brother shoving him backwards again. "What the Bloody Hell were you thinking? You could have really hurt him." She yelled

Ron had already forgotten what he was dreaming about. But it must have been bad for him to do that to Harry. He blinked back tears that threatened to fall. He felt anger toward Valdomort well up inside him. He started to pace the floor "That fuck! I'm going to kill him myself for doing this to me." He yelled

Ginny looked at him confused "What the hell are you talking about?" she asked.

They had decided not to tell Ginny about his nightmares. Ron feared that she would tell there mum about them. He did not want to worry her. Although Hermione thought, it was a bad idea she agreed to do it. Ron who was still pacing the floor stopped looked right at Ginny and yelled "Valdomort!"

They all looked shocked. Ron had never said his name before. It just came out before he could stop it. Ginny took a step back her eyes growing wide. "What did you say?" she asked, wanting to know if she heard him right, and prying she was wrong.

Ron shuddered at the name. He could not believe he just said it and in front of Ginny to. He tried to cover it up "Nothing. I didn't say anything."

"Don't lie to me." She yelled, "I heard you. You said his name. But why?" she asked looking from him to Harry and back again. "Tell me what is going on right now or I'm owling mum." She said crossing her arms and glaring at him.

Ron's mouth fell open with shock. "You wouldn't," he said

"Try me" she replied

"You're bluffing. I don't believe you." He challenged

Ginny stomped her foot "RON!"

He just stood there looking at her. She thru her hands up into the air "Fine" she turned to leave "we well just see what mum has to say."

"Ok...Ok... I will tell you. But you have to promise not to tell anyone, especially mum."

"Why" she asked

"Ginny. Please just promise me." He replied

"Ok I promise." She said crossing her arms once more.

Ron sat down on the edge of his bed. "Ok. I have been having nightmares." He started

"So everyone has bad dreams once and a while." Ginny replied

"No these are not just bad dreams. These are nightmares. I have been having them for about two months now and we" he gestured to Harry and himself "and Hermione think V… Val…" he said it once but he couldn't say it again.

"Valdamort" Harry said trying to help.

Ron had almost forgotten Harry was still there. "Thank you" he replied. Looking over at Harry "You should go see madam Pomfrey before that gets worse." He said pointing at Harry's eye. It had already started to swell shout, and was turning a nasty shade of purple.

"I will be fine. I'll see her when we are done here." Harry replied

Ron could not believe that Harry wanted to stay and help after what he had just done. He turned back to Ginny to continue his story. "Were was I? Oh… I remember now we think he is causing them"

"What do you mean he is causing them?" Ginny asked looking at Ron with confusion on her face.

"We think that he is getting into Ron's head the way he did me." Harry answered

"But why?" Ginny was more confused now there ever.

"To get to me." Harry replied

"Then why not just go through you?" she asked

"I have been blocking him from my head. So he chose Ron." He awsered

"Lucky me" Ron said from his spot on the bed

"Because he is my best friend," Harry continued, "He thinks he can get to me through Ron." He walked over and sat down beside Ron "He knows I would do anything to keep my friends safe."

Ron looked over at Harry fighting back the tears that threatened to fall. He clapped Harry on the back "Thanks mate" he said

"Hay you're my best friend do you think I would just sit back and let this happen to you?"

"No I guess not" Ron replied

"Dose anybody one alts know about this." Ginny asked

"No just us and Hermione. Oh, Harry told Dumbledore. He is working on it. And I'm going to go see madam Pomfrey." Ron answered

"Ron we have to tell mum and dad" Ginny stated

"NO! We can't. Gin you promised. We can't tell her she would flip. With what happened to dad last year and then losing Percy. We can't tell her that he is trying to hurt another one of us. Gin please." Ron pleaded

"OK…Ok I won't say anything. I just think she ought to know." She replied

"We will tell her but not right now. I don't want him going after her or dad again. That's why I choose not to tell you. I don't want to give him a reason to go after are family." He put his face in his hands and finely let the tears fall from his eyes. "We have all been hurt enough by him. I don't think I could handle it if anyone one alts got hurt."

Ginny moved and sat down next to him. She pulled him into a hug. "Oh Ron." She was starting to cry now to. "But he is hurting you. And if he is hurting you then he is hurt me to." She sobbed. They sat like that in each other's arms crying.

Harry sat there watching them. The love the Weasley family had for each other always seemed to amaze him. He never had a family to love or to love him the way the Weasley's did each other. He thought that if love could destroy Valdamort the Weasley's would have enough to destroy him and all his death eaters.