Goodbye For Now
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All right here's chapter 6! Remember to r&r plz!
How come
We don't even talk no more
And you don't even call no more
We don't barely keep in touch at all
And I don't even feel the same love when we hug no more
And I heard it thru the grapevine
We even beefin now
After all the years we been down
Ain't no way no how
This bull can't be true
We a family ain't a damn thing changed
Unless it's you
D12/Eminem-How Come
Harry silently flew back into the Common Room through the window. He removed his cloak and collapsed onto the armchair, worn out from the flight. Suddenly, he heard footsteps behind him so he turned around.
Ron was trying to creep back up into the dormitory when Harry stopped him, grabbing his arm. Ron turned around to face him, his face looking eerily hollow from the dying fire in the fireplace.
"Ron, we need to talk,"Harry said.
"There's nothing to talk about,"Ron replied, trying to break free from Harry's grip.
"Oh yes there is,"Harry said firmly, tightening his hold on Ron's arm. "We need to talk about Hermione."
Ron sighed defeatedly. "Fine,"he muttered, wrenching his arm free and sitting down on the couch with his arms folded in front of him.
Harry sat down on the couch opposite him and began to talk. "Listen Ron, I know it hasn't been easy for you, but think about how Hermione feels, watching her 2 best friends not talking. She convinced me to talk to you, so here I am. Listen Ron, all I want is for things to be all right again."
"All right? You want things to be all right?"Ron hissed angrily. "Well for your information, things will never be all right again Harry. You always have to get everything, and you're always the first to know things, all because of that stupid scar on your forehead. I don't know what world you were living in before, but this is reality, and in reality, THINGS WILL NEVER BE ALL RIGHT AGAIN!!!"
Harry almost screamed right back at him, but then he remembered Hermione and told himself You're doing this for Hermione. Calm down. So he remained silent and watched Ron as he turned redder and redder.
"Well say something! You're the one who wanted to talk to me!"Ron said furiously.
"I.....I don't know what to say Ron,"Harry said quietly. "All I want is my best friend back, but I suppose that won't be happening anytime soon." He stood up and began walking towards the stairs to the dormitory.
"Oh no you don't,"Ron stood up and gripped Harry's arm, throwing him down to the floor. Harry stood up quickly, unable to believe that Ron had just done that, but before he knew what was happening, Ron's fist connected with his nose and he staggered backwards again. A jolt of pain ran through him as it began to bleed horribly.
Ron stepped back. He couldn't believe that he had just punched Harry. Even in their worst arguments, there had never been any physical fights.
Harry struggled back up again. "I'm not going to try to persuade you anymore. If you want to be friends again, I'll be right here, but if not, then there's nothing I can do about it." He turned around and walked up the stairs, leaving a very shocked Ron standing there.
The next morning, Harry woke up suddenly, his face stinging with pain from the night before. He sat up and glanced over at Ron's bed to see if he was awake, but the bed was already empty so Harry assumed that he had gone down to breakfast.
Ron, meanwhile, was sitting in the library, poring over books about catonen. He had gotten an idea last night about how to help Hermione, but he had to be sure that he was right before going through with it. He closed another book and put it aside, then pulled the next one of the big pile of books. He opened it to the Table of Contents, his eyes skimming over each title of a section in the book, his finger going down the column of titles. Finally, his finger stopped at a title called "The Life Exchanging Potion". He flipped to the page that it was on and muttered, "Yes!" under his breath. He began reading:
The Life Exchanging Potion is another form of The Life Exchanging Spell, but the potion does not require the reciever to be present. This potion allows the giver to transfer years of his life to the recipient but in the form of a potion for the reciever to drink. As with the Life Exchanging Spell, for every 10 years reduced from the giver, the reciever gains 1 year of life. Please have a potion vial ready before performing the incantation, which is lifenarus transferos. Keep the wand pointed at the vial while the incantation is recited, and flick the wand once for every year reduced. If the giver wishes to see how many years of his life are left, excluding any accidents or injuries, the incantation is lifenarus numbreus, and the wand must be pointed towards heart. The number will appear after a few seconds. Caution: If the spells go wrong, the consequences could be severe.
Ron slowly shut the book and sighed, biting his lip. Am I really going to do this? he asked himself.
Yes you are Ronald Weasley. Let Harry and Hermione live together happily. You will not stand in the way of true love, his conscience answered him firmly.
Ron sat there, thinking for a long time. Finally, he decided. Yes, I'm going to do this. As long as Hermione's happy, I'll be happy.
He took out his wand and pointed it at his heart. "Lifenarus numbreus,"he muttered quietly, and soon a small pop could be heard as tiny dots flew out to form the number 550. Whoa, I can live to be pretty old! he thought amusingly as he watched the dots slowly vanish with another small pop.
Ron did some quick calculating in his head and realized that if he gave up all 550 years, Hermione could live up to 72 years old. But then if I gave up everything I would just fall to the floor and die instantly wouldn't I?
Ron decided to save half a year for himself so he could at least say goodbye to his family. But he knew that he could never tell Hermione about this because she would never let him go through with it if she knew.
When the bell rang for class to begin, he ripped the page out from the book, folded it, and tucked it into his pocket for later. Then he quickly returned the books and slipped out of the library and towards the North Tower for Divination.
Harry sat down on one of the armchairs in the hazy Divination room, lost in his thoughts. Suddenly he sensed someone sitting down next to him so he shook his head to clear his mind, turned to his left, and his eyes widened.
"I'm sorry,"Ron mumbled as he sat down next to Harry, not meeting his eyes.
"Well, er.....does that mean you want to be friends again?"he asked uncertainly.
"Yeah I'll give it a shot,"Ron replied as he glanced sideways at Harry. Harry's lips slowly upturned into a smile and Ron returned it. For a moment, he considered telling Harry about his plan, but then decided against it, since he knew Harry well enough to know that he would never let him do it if he knew.
Harry noticed Ron's smile wavering ever so slightly. "Is something wrong?"he asked.
"No of course not! Why would something be wrong?"Ron chuckled nervously. Harry raised his eyebrows suspiciously but let the subject drop as Professor Trelawney came out of the shadows and began droning on about the meaning and significance of various shadows cast by different people.
Finally after what seemed like hours later, the bell rang and Harry and Ron raced to get out of the heavily perfumed room.
They headed outside for Care of Magical Creatures with Hagrid, then to the 2nd floor for Charms, then lunch; the day pretty much breezed by and soon it was time for dinner already.
"Hey Potter, I never got to ask you what happened to your little mudblood girlfriend," Draco Malfoy's obnoxious voice called out to Harry as he and Ron sat down at the Gryffindor table. Ron immediately stood up again, clenching his fists, but Harry held him down and muttered, "Just ignore him Ron." Ron sat back down again but shot a death glare at Malfoy and his cronies, who simply laughed and walked away.
"Harry, we've got to fight him back, otherwise he'll never stop!"Ron exclaimed, still glaring at Malfoy's retreating figure.
"It's not going to help Ron. All he'll do is get us into more trouble by telling Professor Snape if we fight him,"Harry said quietly.
They finished their meal in silence, not because they were mad at each other, but because their minds were drifting off. Harry, who didn't know anything about the Life Exchanging Spell or Potion, was thinking of asking Professor Dumbledore if he could just spend the rest of the month with Hermione, while Ron was thinking about when and where to do the spell and create the potion.
When dinner ended, Harry saw Ron trying to sneak off somewhere by blending in with the crowd, and at first he thought of going after him, but then decided against it. He deserves some time alone, Harry thought to himself as he walked up the Grand Staircase with some other students.
Suddenly, he felt a hand attach itself to his arm, so he turned around. Ginny was standing there smiling at him.
"Oh, hi Gin, what's up?"Harry asked surprisedly; Ginny was usually with her boyfriend and never really had time for anyone else anymore.
"Nothing, I was just wondering if you wanted to go for a walk with me,"she replied.
"Wouldn't you rather be with Jay?"Harry asked.
"That bastard broke up with me today,"Ginny said, a hint of anger in her voice as she tightened her grip on Harry's arm. "So do you wanna go?"
"Er.....I have to finish up some work for Charms,"Harry said, shaking his arm slightly as a hint for her to release his arm, but either she didn't notice, or she just didn't care, because she didn't let go.
"Aw come on Harry please?"Ginny batted her eyelashes at him.
This girl is not giving up is she? Harry thought to himself. "Fine, but only for a little while."
"All right." She dragged him rather aggressively back down the stairs and out the main doors. Harry had a bad feeling about this, but he pushed it into the back of his mind. Come on, she's your best friend's little sister, how bad could she get?
She still didn't let go of his arm outside, but instead moved closer to him and lay her head on his shoulder.
"Er.....Ginny?"Harry asked uncertainly, he wasn't too comfortable with her actions.
"Hm?"Ginny asked.
"Could you please-----"
"Could I please what?"she asked innocently.
Harry began to get irritated; Ginny usually didn't act this way. "Could you please get your head off my shoulder?"
"Aw Harry what's the matter?"Ginny said.
Harry could feel his temper rising quickly, just like in his 5th year when he first arrived at Grimmauld Place, only this time there was no Hermione to calm him down.
"I'm going to ask one last time, could you please get your head off my shoulder?"he said, gritting his teeth.
"Ugh, Harry, this is about Hermione isn't it? You know, if she really cared about you, she wouldn't have left, but she did, and I think you deserve someone better,"Ginny said.
"And you think you're the better person?"Harry asked. "Well, FYI, you're not, and you never will be, so get over it." He shook her off his arm and turned back around, heading back to the castle.
Ginny stood there, fuming. "I'm going to get you Harry Potter, no matter what!"she yelled furiously.
Harry rolled his eyes and continued walking. Like brother like sister, he thought, snickering under his breath. But this girl's ten times more cunning than Ron.
A/N: Okay, so there's chapter 6! I'm so sorry if it was a long wait, but I had to finish like 3 projects within this month, so once again, I'm really sorry! The next chapter will be up in 2 weeks-a month, depending on whether I have time or not, but I totally promise that I won't abandon this!
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