Chapter 7

Harry looked inside the envelope and found the necklace. Remembering his mother's words he put it on and felt warmth spread through him like a calming potion.

"Harry, are you awake?" asked Ron

"Yeah, I am. Do you want to talk about something?"

"Harry, please think about it a bit more. I don't want you to go. You're my best friend, not because you're the boy-who-refused-to-die, or because of your fame or quidditch skills but because of you. Just yourself. Please stay."

"Ron, I can't stay. All my life I've thought that Lily and James Potter were my parents. All my life I've been lied to and lived a lie. I can't live like this anymore. I'm sorry."

"What are you sorry for? And what do you mean that you've been living a lie? C'mon mate fess up! You'll feel better after you've got whatever it is off your chest so to speak."

"I'm sorry for leaving Ron, I wouldn't leave if it wasn't essential. Promise that what I tell you won't leave the two of us. No one else can know, not the twins and not Nev, Mione or Gin."

"I swear on Merlin's grave (if he has one) that I won't breathe a word of what you tell me to anyone. However I reserve the right to express my emotions if I need to."

"Okay, that'll do." Harry pauses for a moment or two. "Ron, my parents weren't Lily and James Potter. My real parents are Snape and Sirius' sister. The reason why I'm leaving is that I told the greasy git about my parentage (which he didn't know) in detention before and he didn't want me. He didn't even believe me or consider it, just told me to get out and that he pretty much hates me. How can he hate me, he doesn't know me?" He starts crying.

"Why that greasy haired, moronic git. Harry please stay, I'll help you with paying the git back and I'm sure that if you asked the Headmaster he'd let you drop Potions class so you wouldn't have to see him or anything."

"No Ron, as much as I would love to stay with my friends I wouldn't be able to see him day and day out knowing how he rejected me and fall into depression, and Voldemort would really love that."

"Well then, can we at least prank him before we go as payback for making you feel this way?"

"Sure, what did you have in mind and what's with the we leaving? Hmm? You're not leaving Hogwarts Ron; your mum would have my hide! Ron, its gonna be hard enough moving out to another country, finding and buying a place to live and moving to another school and starting my life again. You're not coming with me and that's final."

"Okay, okay. Although I'm sure that she wouldn't mind if she knew I was doing it to help you. She really cares for you, you know. You're like one of the sons she never had, although with six sons I don't see how she wants another one but more than a best friend to me, you are my brother. Maybe not genetically but here" taps his heart "in my heart, the one true place it counts."

"Ron, stop I'm going to get all emotional like a girl! What pranks did you have in mind anyway?"

"Well, for starters we could use some of the twins' canary creams to turn him into a canary but put a charm on them to make them last longer say, an hour or so before they wear off, and then we charm him so that sixty-one minutes after he eats the creams his hair turns bright fluorescent pink with electric blue highlights, and a neon sign above his head saying 'this is what happens when you don't wash your hair'. What do you think?"

"Sounds brilliant Ron, just the thing to help me leave in style! I was thinking of pranking him the day after tomorrow."

"So soon, but if you want to leave in style, does this mean you'll be leaving so soon as that?"

"Yes, Ron. I'm afraid it does. I'm going to fly the muggle way so that I have plenty of time to think and I have to go to Gringotts before I go, so that I can get some money out for my flight and to buy a place to live and materials for school and everything."

"I wish you weren't going that soon, but I know that whatever I say won't stop you or even delay you, so I won't say anything."

"You have to promise to come and visit me in the holidays though with Mione and Nev. If you want to come the muggle way, I'll even pay for your flights."

"You know I'm going to come see you and you have to promise to come to the Burrow for Christmas. Even though it is next year."

"I promise I'll come and anyway I'll want to see all of you by then!"

"Okay well, I'm going to sleep now. See you in the morning. Night Harry." Ron turns over.

"Night Ron, sleep tight, don't let the spiders bite!" Ron shudders.

"ha ha very funny. G'night."

Harry getting out his notebook starts writing a song of sorts:

You

You are not me,

You don't know me at all,

But somehow

You wanna be me.

I don't like me,

I wish, I wasn't me.

And I wish, I had the strength,

To do this.

Cause the world is crumbling around me,

And I can't get out.

But for some reason,

I wanna stay and die.

But I can't do that

To my friends and family.

I won't do that, cause I know how much,

It will hurt them.

And I don't wanna cause them pain, or hurt.

So I'm just gonna, shut up

And walk away from,

Your ignorance, once and for all.

A/N:
Okay that's it folks for this instalment. The song is mine, I wrote it. I own it. I didn't actually write it for this purpose but I think it fits quite well. So I added it in. Next chapter include Snape, yup the snarky snake himself! Next chapter will be Harry leaving, the prank and another mysterious letter, oh and those paternal results will probably make an appearance too!

Also just in case anyone got confused last chapter when Draco said that Harry is the only match for him, I DID NOT MEAN IT IN A SEXUAL WAY. Draco simply meant that Harry is the only one who could be a proper enemy/adversary to him. I think that about covers it so now read and review people and the first five people I get reviews from will get a cookie from me!