Hello ppl, yes Sirius is back and I'm planning to add a lot of trouble for Hermione to get into...maybe a cat fight, but I'm leaning towards a fight brought on by Draco to separate Harry and Hermione...is that giving away too much? Well, please review and I'm also planning to change the name of the story cuz I think its icky..
Disclaimer; same as always, nuthin is mine.
CHAPTER 4
"Harry? Are you alright? What happened?" Ron said. Harry rubbed his eyes and reached around for his glasses.
"yeah, I'm fine," Harry replied. He decided not to mention the voice he heard before collapsing; he knew Hermione in particular would worry about him even more than she usually did. Hermione looked ghostly pale, yet relieved.
"Did you have another vision? We saw you clutching your scar before you fainted,.." Hermione said. Harry hesitated before looking up at her and Ron.
"Something is going right for Voldemort,...he's overjoyed by it,.." Harry muttered as he rose to his feet. "He's got some sort of plan,.." He said.
Hermione stared at the common room's roaring fire. 'What now? What if Harry gets hurt? If anyone else gets hurt he'll be driven off the edge. He's already lost so much..' Hermione thought.
Harry sat down across from Ron and Hermione infront of the fire. He decided to tell them about the prophecy that Dumbledore had told him about last year. The prophecy had emotionally torn him apart over the summer. The only reason, ( Harry felt) that he was alive, was to take the life of another. He either had to kill Voldemort, or be killed by Voldemort. Other than that, Harry felt he had no purpose in life. He was literally born to murder someone. Once Harry had finished his story, Hermione and Ron were speechless. Hermione now knew why Harry had been so distant. He had to live with the knowledge of his destiny of being murdered or a murderer. She was deathly afraid of the prophecy. Harry might not come out of the final battle alive, and if that happened, she would have lost him forever. She would never see his glimmering green eyes, or his bright smile ever again. Hermione tears beginning to form at the ends of her eyes and looked down before Harry or Ron could see them. She couldn't bring herself to look at Harry. She didn't know why, but somehow her head wouldn't allow her to look up. For all she knew, this could be the last time the "golden trio" were together,..it could be the last time that she would see Harry Potter, not the boy-who-lived, but now the boy she loved.
Ron broke the silence."Well, we all know what you have to do Harry, you have to slaughter that low-life who killed your parents and Cedric. You're the only one who can stop him from hurting other people, and the only one who can save your life," Harry nodded in agreement and looked over to Hermione. He could see she was upset. The firelight flickered off her face and showed tears cascading down her face.
"Ron, may I speak to Hermione alone? I'll be up to the dorm in a minute," Harry said. Ron nodded and started up the stairs. Harry went over and embraced Hermione. She clung to him and sobbed louder, and seemed to never want to let him go.
"What if you get hurt Harry? I'll never get to see you,"
"I'll be alright, I promise I'll never leave you alone in this world. I'll always come back to you..I've outwitted Voldemort many times already, who's to say I wont do it again?" By now, Harry was trying his best to calm Hermione down, and also trying to convince himself that he would make it out of the battle alive. He slowly tipped Hermione's head up, and looked into her eyes. "As long as your alive and beside me, I'll survive," He said. He gently kissed her and lead her to the stairs of the girls dorm. Hermione managed to smile for Harry's sake, and walked over to her bed.
A dark cloaked figure walked over a stone floor in a large room dimly lit by torches on the walls. A transparent glowing red ball sat in the center of the room as the dark figure loomed over it. The figure's snake like eyes gazed intently at the ball and smiled. 'Yes, she would do just fine...' Lord Voldemort thought.
The next morning, Harry woke up from a dreamless sleep. He was worried about Hermione. He knew she didn't want him to fight Voldemort. He got ready for classes and headed downstairs to the common room to see if Hermione was there. Surely enough she was there; her nose buried in a book as always. She looked up and smiled.
"Good morning Harry,"
"morning 'mione,"
"You better keep your promise, I cant lose you Harry," Hermione said.
"I wouldn't dream of breaking it," Harry grinned. The couple waited in the common room for Ron to get up before they headed down for breakfast.
"Hawe yoo inisheged yoor ehay o'r nape et 'Arry?" Ron tried to say with a mouthful of bread.
"honestly Ron, listen to what your mother says, NEVER talk with your mouth full," Hermione said exasperated. Ron frowned and sharply exhaled, leaving bread crumbs to shoot out the corners of his mouth. Harry laughed while Hermione glared at Ron in disgust. He always enjoyed watching his friend's little bickering matches. Hermione would always win.
The next few weeks were quite uneventful for Harry. The Griffindor quidditch team had been doing quite well, winning 4 out of 5 games for the season. Draco Malfoy didn't seem interested in taunting Harry, Ron or Hermione ever since Hermione kicked him below and threatened to do it again. Winter arrived and Harry couldn't be happier. He had the chance to go to Hogsmeade with Hermione and hopefully they could spend some time alone together. They still hadn't told Ron they were going out, because he still had a crush on her, and it would only make him upset to learn that his best friend was going out with his crush.
"Harry! Wake up, its Christmas morning! Come on!!" Ron shouted excitedly from the bottom of the the stairs. Harry sprang up out of bed and nearly fell down the stairs.
"Happy Christmas Ron,"
"You too Harry, looks like you got a good haul this year.." He paused as he glanced over at Harry's pile and picked up a small box. He tossed it to Harry. Harry read the label; it was from Hermione. He carefully unwraped the box and opened the top. Inside, he found a green crystal that matched the color of his eyes. Ron's eyes grew wide, and after what Ron felt like was an eternity, he finally managed to say,
"WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME THAT YOU AND HERMIONE WERE GOING OUT??"
Harry didn't know what to say. How could Ron have figured out that they were dating? Had it been that obvious?
"Well, I..uh..." Harry trailed off. "How did you?"
"Its pretty damn obvious Harry, when a girl gives you some mysterious necklace, she either likes you a lot, or you're already going out!" Ron was fuming.
"I may seem like a dumb bloke sometimes, but even I know about you two," Ron said with his arms crossed.
"You've known that I've liked Hermione for the longest time," He continued. "You've got it all, Harry,..you're an extremly powerful, talented wizard. You've got the looks and the money to back it up. EVERYONE RESPECTS AND ADMIRES YOU! YOU'RE BETTER AT EVERYTHING THAT I DO! WHY COULDN'T YOU LEAVE ME WITH HERMIONE?" Ron was breathing harder now, and he looked as if he were about to kill Harry.
'What the hell do I say now??I can't believe Ron is jealous of my life..' Harry thought. He stood there quite still; unsure if it was safe for him to even breathe. Ron was extreamly upset and Harry couldn't find the right words to say."NO ONE WOULD CARE IF I DIED HARRY! YOU KNOW IT TOO, IF YOU DIED, THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD DIE WITH YOU, THEY'D MOURN FOR YOU, THEY WOULDN'T CARE ABOUT ME!" Ron shouted.
"I was going to tell you soon, and the reason why we didn't tell you right away is because we knew you'd be mad and go off your rocker like you are now. We wanted to let you have a chance to get over her so that when we did tell you, you'd actually be happy for us Ron," Harry finally managed to say. "And everyone WOULD care if you died Ron, so SHUT UP AND STOP saying that no one would. Think about your parents, Hermione and me, your brothers and Ginny. I wouldn't be here speaking with you today if it wasn't for you. I can't begin to imagine what life would be like without you Ron,..Hermione's feelings have changed and so have mine, I love her, and she feels the same about me. This doesn't mean that we stopped caring about you. You're our best friend, and we wouldn't be able to survive without you. I know I wouldn't." Harry added.
Ron look up at Harry, his eyes still glowering. He looked down again, and collapsed onto the couch staring up at the ceiling. He felt betrayed. Bested yet again by his best friend, "the boy-who-lived" and the "boy-who-was-bloody-snogging -Hermione". However, a little voice in the back of his head who sounded vaguely like Ginny, kept saying 'GET your knickers out of the twist its in! Get over yourself! Cant you see that Hermiones happier with Harry? Grow up, and be the bigger man Ron, just be happy for them!'
"I'm sorry Harry,..I shouldn't have yelled at you. If you make Hermione happy, then I'm happy for you..." Ron said quietly, his eyes not moving from the ceiling. "But I am warning you Harry," Ron looked up,"If you let anyone hurt her, I am personally going to hurt you," Ron's eyes stared down on Harry.
"I'd die before I let her get hurt, you know that Ron.." Harry replied, eyes glowering back at Ron.
Ron smiled at Harry and patted him on the back. "well then, I guess there's no reason to press that on, open your presents Harry," He said warmly. Harry grinned and started to rip apart the wrap on his gifts.
Ok, that'll b all for ch 4 and I changed the title to my story from "help me understand" to "crawling in the dark" cuz well it sounds better. Hope ur liking the story. Ol voldemort will mix things up a bit soon and I'm planning on adding a new chap tomorrow. PLEASE REVIEW cuz I need to know what not to add, and what TO add. Btw, Hermione and Harry will take a trip to splitsville and they'll b apart for a while, harry will go into depression probably, and I dunno how that'll turn out, cuz this story may or may not hav a happy ending. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT MY READERS WANT SO REVIEW TO SAY IF U WANT A HAPPY ENDING OR A SAD ONE...MUHAHAHAHAHA! Yah ok I noe, I'm crazy...a lil high on kit kat bars rite now...lol