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A/N- (trumpets sound) my trusty repliers, Chapter Four has finally arrived! Enjoy! New Circumstances
Chapter Four
The Quidditch Pitch was completely abandoned, except for Harry and Ron, who were using their free time to practice some of the new tactics they had read about in their favourite magazine, Quidditch Weekly. Ron gazed up at the sky with his eyes closed, letting the warm sunlight shine gently on his face. Apart from the Burrow and Hogwarts, the pitch was the other place that Ron was likely to be found.
"Oi Weasley, wakey-wakey!" Harry shouted, clicking his fingers in front of his friend's face.
Ron's eyes blinked opened and he smiled at Harry.
"Just enjoying the sun," he replied, taking his Nimbus Two-Thousand off his shoulder and letting it hover steadily beside him.
"Not surprised," Harry said. "How long was Binn's detention?"
"I don't want to think," Ron groaned, rubbing his eyes with one of his hands. "I think he forgot I was there half of the time."
Harry smiled.
"Okay...well...you're here now, so let's get some practice in while the sun still loves us!" he said, mounting his broom and kicking off into the air.
Ron grinned, and followed.
The wind blew in his face, causing his hair to be brushed back. The feeling of flying was something that couldn't be described with ease. Knowing that you had the whole sky to play in and the feeling of being totally free was unbelievable. This was the one place in the entire world where Ron could sort out his problems and not have to worry about things that were currently happening down on land. Sometimes, he wished that he could stay in the air and leave every one of his problems to the other people, but it just wasn't that easy, especially with what was happening to Hermione. He sighed, remembering his girlfriend. What was going on with her? Why was someone so fixated with causing her so much misery?
"You all right, Ron?" came a voice, breaking into his thoughts and bringing him back into reality.
It was Harry.
Ron nodded with a small smile.
"No probs, mate, just thinking," he replied.
"About Hermione?" Harry said, concern etched on his face.
A sigh gave the answer. Ron knew that something was going on with Hermione, but he just felt so helpless when he knew that was nothing that he could do for her.
"Let's get this practice started," Ron said, flying up to the goal-hoops and hovering in front of them.
Harry smiled and threw the Quaffle as hard as he could at Ron. With surprising ease, Ron caught it and threw it back.
"Come on, you weakling, you can do better than that!" he laughed. Harry laughed back and hit at Ron with the tail of his Fire-bolt.
"That better?" Harry shouted as the Quaffle went through one of the hoops.
Ron was about to reply when a sharp stab of pain shot through his head. He gave a small gasp and shook his head. The pain remained. Ron shut his eyes tightly. Not only did he have a sharp pain in his head, but he was also beginning to feel dizzy. His head hurt, his eyes hurt and with every small sound that entered his ears, it felt like someone was hitting his head with a sledgehammer.
"Ron?" came the dulled voice of Harry.
The pain brought along with it a rush of images. Images that only increased the intensity of the pain. He bore no understanding to the images and a bright flash brought the beginning:
A dark forest.
Rain tearing from the sky.
Ron rushing along a narrow path that headed towards the entrance of the forest.
A high-pitched scream
A flash of red illuminating the sky
A cold laugh echoing through the night
The words 'RON, HE'S HERE!'
The images disappeared with another bright flash and Ron fell from his broom as he plunged into unconsciousness.
Ron slowly opened his eyes and gazed around his surroundings. Harry was crouched down beside him, concern and worry shining in his bright green eyes. He was still on the pitch.
"What happened?" he groaned as Harry helped him to sit up.
"I don't know. You were just clutching your head with your eyes staring at nothing. You looked like you were in agony, and then you closed your eyes and fell from your broom. If I hadn't caught you...well...gone!" Harry explained. This seemed to make sense. Suddenly the quick images clicked into Ron's mind, and something entered his thoughts.
"Harry...I think...I think I just had a vision!" Ron said with a frown.
((So what do you peepies think? Good? Bad? Ugly? I know it's crept slightly from romance, but it will return!!))
E-squared- It would be an interesting twist, but I have someone else in mind!
inu-furuba freak- I will update! Yes sir!
PhoenixTears80- I like creepy! Wait for the next chapters! Even more creepiness!
DJSoulmates602- (cries) I know...it's always Hermione!! I'll continue at your request!