A/N – Ron show's his brotherly side!
Ranting of Delirium
"No more potions or weird concoctions Madam Pomfrey please!" Alias pleaded with the nurse before quickly walking out of the hospital wing. Alias was met with a surprise, instead of Harry waiting to greet her, like she had expected, there stood Ron. She smiled and hugged him as he hugged her back. "Alias I need to talk to you later tonight after classes." She looked at him, puzzled because he sounded so serious. "Ron is something wrong?" He shrugged and fixed her with an intense gaze that made her shiver a little. "Ron you're starting to scare me." He shook his head.
"Sorry Sass, I was just…thinking." Alias raised a brow at his excuse, she knew when he was lying oh she knew very well. "Ron I know you're lying, what were you thinking about? It's something big." He gave her an almost scared look before seemingly gathering his courage to face her. "Just about a few things you said." She fixed him with a gaze that wasn't cold, but it was probing. She wouldn't break into his mind; she rarely did that to people. "What did I say?" He sighed heavily, as if there was some huge weight on his shoulders.
"Do you remember what you said to me about talking to Hermione about how I love her?" Alias nodded her head. "Yes I said; following your mind only gets you so far, following your heart gets you farther than magic and thinking could ever get you." Ron nodded his head. "And I think you're just a little hypocritical. But we'll talk about that after class, I have Charms right now." Alias nodded and stood their dumb founded as Ron walked off at a brisk pace.
It wasn't until much later in the day that Harry and Ron met up. "Ron have you seen Alias? She was supposed to be out of the hospital today." Ron looked up at Harry; for once he wasn't stuffing his face. He was deep in thought. "Ron are you okay?" Ron nodded briefly before walking away, not even answering Harry's first question. Harry was dumbfounded at his best friend's reaction but decided to leave it alone. Ron had his reasons for doing things that he would never understand.
As Ron walked outside he was met with Alias's voice. "X marks the spot your frown lines tell me you're thinking." He smiled, genuinely smiled. What Alias said didn't really make sense, but did she ever make sense? She took a seat beneath a tree near the lake. He joined her; they sat in a comfortable silence for what seemed like hours. Until it was broken by Ron's voice. "Alias do you remember what you said while you were in your coma? Anything at all." She looked like she was concentrating. "I remember talking about the door that I couldn't open, father, how I wanted to be saved and…" She trailed off a look of understanding on her face.
"Is that what you wanted to talk to me about?" He nodded his head solemnly, like this was a bad thing. "I'm not saying you shouldn't do anything about it. Like a wise cat once told me following your mind only gets you so far, following your heart can get you farther than magic and thinking could ever get you." She smiled a little and laughed softly. "Sass, I just want you to know what you would be getting into if you did start something with Harry. He has the fate of the entire world on his shoulders. He has to save everyone from Voldemort or die trying." Alias made an almost bitter laugh at this point. "And you don't think I know this? Ron I have to protect Harry from things that have been around longer than I have. I have the fate of the entire world on my shoulders too. Because if I fail in protecting Harry, the world is doomed. And I know somehow that there is going to be a very good chance that I'm not going to come back from the final battle. But I know Harry will."
With that said she stood and walked away from Ron, not even listening to his protests for her to come back. She was in her own world. The cheeks that had sported many a wound and had recently been river beds, gave her tears a path as she walked away. Ron heard one thing before she disappeared into the forest. "Rantings of delirium."