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Disclaimer: I had a dream last night that Harry Potter and his friends belonged to me. Sadly I woke up this morning with nothing but a purple, pink and silver bedroom, a pink mobile phone, loads of clothes, all of the Friends episodes on VHS and the Harry Potter books and DVD's so I took that as a there is no way on this earth that I own them!
Summary: Harry has defeated Voldemort and he leaves the wizarding world after graduating because all is not well there. He returns after a year and discovers that his life has changed dramatically. Theres a new enemy but who is it? We follow Harry's life as he learns that One night REALLY can change everything in a persons life.
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Anyways now onto our feature presentation. Here's Chapter 48. Enjoy!
Chapter 48 - The Uses of Muggle and Wizard Alcohol.
True to her word, after Harry left the house Ginny took the twins upstairs to pack some things that would see them through the rest of the weekend.
After the twins had done this Ginny ushered them off to bed but they didn't seem to want to go to bed and didn't go very quietly.
"Why do we have to go to bed?" asked Maddy.
"Because we have to get up early. We have to catch the Knight Bus to Nana's tomorrow. It's the only way to get there because I can't apparate and I'm not supposed to floo anywhere."
"I don't want to sleep here tonight. Can't we go to Nana's now?" Maddy asked again.
"Okay. I'll see what I can do. You two stay up here while I speak to Nana."
Maddy smiled and walked into the bedroom while Peyton looked up at her Mum.
"Are you and Dad going to get divorced?" she asked quietly.
"I don't know Peyt. Maybe Dad and I need some time apart for a while" Ginny replied softly.
"I don't want you to get divorced coz that's what happened to Cady's parents and now she almost never see's her Dad."
"I don't think it would be that easy."
Peyton nodded and Ginny forced herself to smile then headed back down the stairs.
Ginny walked into the living room and grabbed some floo powder out of the little pot on the mantlepiece.
She threw it into the fire, knelt down then said her destination and thrust her head into the flames.
Mrs Weasley was at the kitchen table in The Burrow when Ginny's head appeared in the fireplace.
"Mum" she sniffled.
Mrs Weasley looked at the fire and jumped.
"Ginny you startled me. What's wrong?"
"Can me and the girls come stay with you for a while?"
"Of course you can. But why?"
At this point Ginny lost her composure and burst into tears.
"I think me and Harry are over" she sobbed in a voice that was unlike her normal voice.
"Why? I'm sure it will all be fine."
"No it won't. I told him to go and not come back because he tried to use Legilimency on Maddy and Peyt."
"Okay okay. Get the girl's packed and I'll see you tomorrow morning. I'll get your Dad to drive me."
"Well that's the problem. The girl's aren't going to settle. They want to come now."
Mrs Weasley thought for a second.
"How are you going to get here?"
"By the Knight Bus."
"No way. You are not riding that thing in your state. Hold on one second."
Ginny nodded and watched as Mrs Weasley hurried out of the kitchen.
After a few minutes she reappeared.
"Okay. Aimee's driving down to London to get you now. Make sure you are ready."
Ginny nodded again, said thanks and pulled her head out of the fire.
She then hurried up the stairs to tell the twins.
"Who's coming to pick us up?" Maddy asked after Ginny had told them that they were going to The Burrow.
"Aimee is. She's driving down" Ginny replied.
"Okay."
"Have you two got everything? The things that you brought from school and some clothes?" Ginny asked them.
The girls nodded and the three of them sat in silence.
About two hours later there was a knock on the front door of Grimmauld Place which was now visible to members of the Weasley family and had been ever since Voldemort had been defeated.
Ginny glanced at the twins and saw that they were curled up together on the cream sofa that was in the middle of the room, both girls were asleep.
She tore her eyes away from them and went to answer the door.
When Ginny opened it she saw that Aimee was stood on the doorstep.
"Hey Aunt Ginny. You ready?" Aimee asked.
"Yes. Thanks for doing this. Can you help me get Maddy and Peyt into the car then I'll get the bags."
Aimee nodded and followed Ginny into the house.
"Aww don't they look so cute together like that."
"Yeah. It's the only time that they don't argue. No matter how many times they say they hate each other I always find one of them in the other's bed when I wake them up in the mornings. It's something that they've always done ever since they were little."
Ginny sat down on the sofa and gently shook each girl.
"Maddy, Peyt wake up. We have to go now" Ginny whispered.
Peyton woke up almost immediately and rubbed her eyes.
"Go with Aimee and get into the car."
Peyton nodded sleepily and Aimee guided her cousin out of the room whilst Ginny continued to try and wake Maddy up.
After a few minutes she got some kind of a response from her.
"Leave me alone Peyton. I want more sleep. I don't want to go to Potions" Maddy muttered in her sleep.
"Maddy it's Mum. We're going to Nana's now."
Aimee walked back in and Ginny spoke to her.
"She's awake enough to be guided to the car. Help me stand her up."
Aimee helped Ginny get Maddy up and whispered to her.
"You get the bags and I'll put Maddy in the car Gin."
Ginny nodded and helped Aimee guide Maddy to the front door then got the bags.
As she was walking out of the front door, Ginny laughed at the sight that was before her.
Peyton was fast asleep in the back of Aimee's beat up car and Aimee was struggling to get Maddy into the back of the car who was proving very reluctant to get in.
Ginny put the bags into the boot and then helped Aimee.
After Maddy was safely in the car fast asleep next to her sister, Ginny returned back inside to leave her keys on the kitchen table.
When she returned back outside Aimee looked at her Aunt.
"You ready?"
"Yeah."
Ginny got into the car and as Aimee drove down the road Ginny looked back at the house that she had called home since she left Hogwarts and watched it until she could see it no more.
By the time that they reached The Burrow, the sun was starting to come up.
Ginny woke the girls up so that they were awake enough to walk by themselves while Aimee got the bags out of the boot.
As they reached the front door it was opened to reveal Mrs Weasley.
As soon as Ginny saw her she started to cry.
"Oh Ginny" Mrs Weasley said as she opened her arms to hug her.
"Mum, he's done it. He's left us."
"No he hasn't. I'm sure that he'll come round once you've had some sleep. He could even be here when you wake up. Aimee pass me her bag and I'll take her to her bedroom. Why don't you take Maddy and Peyton to Ron's old room."
"Yes Nana" Aimee replied as she passed Ginny's bag to Mrs Weasley.
Mrs Weasley took Ginny up to her childhood bedroom and helped her to lay down.
As soon as Ginny's head hit the pillow she was fast asleep.
About three hours later Ron apparated into the kitchen and looked at Mrs Weasley.
"Mum, Harry's just turned up at mine completely out of his face. We don't know how much he's had to drink or what he's had. He gave Mione quite a scare when he stumbled into our bedroom and fell on top of her. He keeps saying that him and Gin are over and that she threw him out of the house."
"Shh Ron. Your sister's upstairs asleep. I don't know what's going on. She hasn't told me the whole story. But from I have been told she and Harry had an argument and she thinks that it's over. She's quite distressed over it. For goodness sakes sober him up if he shows signs of wanting to see Ginny!"
Ron was just about to respond when they heard footsteps coming from upstairs.
"Not a word of this to your sister. You haven't seen him over the last twenty four hours."
Ron nodded and the two of them heard a noise that souding like something falling.
"What was that?" Ron asked.
"Probably the ghoul throwing things around the attic again."
"No that sounded nearer to us. It didn't come from the attic. Shh, hold on there's no footsteps now."
Ron and Mrs Weasley looked at each other and said one word at exactly the same time.
"Ginny!"
They both ran to the stairs where they saw Ginny laying in a heap at the foot of the stairs.
"Oh my" Mrs Weasley muttered, she was obviously lost for words.
"Take her to St Mungo's Mum. I'll stay here with the twins."
Mrs Weasley nodded and grabbed a picture that was near them.
"Portus!" she muttered.
She then placed Ginny's left hand onto the picture with her own left hand over it, her right hand then went round Ginny's waist.
In a flash of light Mrs Weasley and Ginny disappeared and Ron resumed his place at the kitchen table.
Pretty much the whole of that morning was spent waiting for news and pondering how to tell his nieces that their mother had been rushed to hospital.
At around one in the afternoon Maddy and Peyton came downstairs.
They saw Ron standing by the stove in the kitchen, wearing his mother's pink apron trying to cook.
"Uncle Ron what are you doing here?" Peyton asked.
"Your Mum and Nana went out so I came round to cook you breakfast. The Muggle way!" he announced proudly.
Ron handed them each a plate that had a very black piece of bacon on it.
Maddy and Peyton looked at the plates in their hands and found it very hard not to laugh.
"Um thanks but no thanks. We're not hungry" they said in unison.
They then handed the plates back to Ron and ran out of the kitchen laughing.
Suddenly there was a noise near the fireplace and Ron turned around to see Hermione's head sat in the middle of the flames.
"Ron what's happening? You've been ages."
"Is Harry there?" Ron asked.
"He's passed out on the sofa. Did Ginny say anything?"
Ron checked behind him to see if the twins were there.
"We were going to ask her when me and Mum heard her walking around upstairs. Then we heard something fall but thought it was the ghoul when really it wasn't. Ginny fell down the stairs and Mum's taken her to St Mungo's" Ron explained.
"Oh my" Hermione breathed.
"I haven't told the twins yet and please don't tell Harry when he wakes up."
Hermione nodded and Ron looked behind him again.
"Go. They're coming down."
Hermione disappeared and Ron stood up just as Peyton walked into the kitchen.
"I'm sitting outside if you need me" she told him.
Ron nodded and resumed his place at the table whilst staring at the fireplace.
After Peyton had been sitting outside for a few minutes she heard someone approach her.
"Hey."
Peyton looked up into the green eyes of Maddy and smiled.
"Hey" Peyton replied.
Maddy sat down next to her twin.
"I'm sorry that I told Dad about the baby. I didn't know that you had lost it and I didn't mean to. It's just that when he's like that he can be quiet scary coz you don't piss off the guy who killed that Voldemort dude do ya?"
Peyton laughed.
"That's okay. If it was you I would have done exactly the same thing."
"I'm sorry for all the times I hurt you as well."
Peyton nodded.
"I'm sorry that I boasted about being Seeker when I got on the team. I shouldn't have done it" Peyton said after they had been quiet for a few minutes.
"I was thinking. That for Mum's sake we should call a truce and not fight as much. She's going to need our help when she has the baby and it won't be nice for the baby to grow up in a world where its' sister's hate each other" Maddy said.
"I'd love that. I'd like us to be how we were before we went to Hogwarts. You know when we had our secrets and swapped names and confused everyone. It's amazing how two identical people can be so different when it comes to their personalities."
Maddy nodded and the two sat in silence again.
After a few moments Maddy hugged Peyton for the first time in years.
"I love you Peytie and I'm glad you're my twin" Maddy said using the nickname that she used to call Peyton when they were little.
"I love you too Mads and I'm glad too even if you annoy me sometimes."
Maddy laughed.
"You annoy me too."
Ron had watched the twins from the kitchen.
After they had stopped talking he walked into the garden.
"Maddy! Peyton! Come here please!" he yelled to them.
They walked to where Ron was standing and looked at him.
"I didn't exactly tell you the whole truth when you asked where your Mum and Nana was."
"Where's our Mum Ron?" Peyton asked getting very worried.
"Well you see. Your Mum had an accident this morning. I don't know how to tell you this" Ron replied.
"Ron what happened to our Mum?" Maddy asked getting very aggitated.
"Well your Mum fell down the stairs and Nana took her to St Mungo's before you got up" Ron said without taking a breath.
"Can we go and see her?" both girls asked at exactly the same time.
Ron nodded and walked inside.
He gave the girls some floo powder and told them to say 'St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries'.
They did as they were told and found themselves stepping out of the fireplace at the other end.
The fireplace was situated in a bright white reception area that seemed to be very crowded.
There were wizards and witches with various ailments stood or sat in every space.
Witches and wizards wearing lime green robes with a wand and bone embriodered onto them were talking to the paitients and asking questions while writing notes on clipboards.
Suddenly Ron appeared and told the twins in a very stern voice that they should keep close and not go wandering off.
"... Also your Mum might not even be awake yet" Ron finished.
The twins nodded although they didn't approve of Ron talking to them like five year olds and followed him to the enquiry desk.
"Can you tell me where Ginevra Potter is please?" Ron asked the blonde witch behind the desk.
"Ginevra Potter? She's in ward five on the first floor. The ward is called the Albus Dumbledore Ward: Household Accidents" the witch replied.
Ron nodded, said thanks and led the twins towards ward five.
When they reached it Ron pushed the twins through the door who had by now grabbed each other's hand.
Once they were inside the ward, they noticed that it was just a white as the reception area.
Ginny was nowhere to be seen in the ward and Ron looked towards the doors at the very end of the ward expectantly as though he expected Ginny to come bounding out with the twins and say that she had only been joking.
But she never and a healer came hurrying towards them.
"Can I help you?" the healer asked.
"Yes we're here to see Ginny Potter" Ron replied.
"Are you family?"
"I'm her brother and these are her daughters."
The healer nodded and led them towards the doors at the end of the ward.
Ron had to push the twins through the door again and they suddenly came face to face with Mrs Weasley.
"Ron! What are you doing here?" I told you that I would floo you if there's any news" Mrs Weasley said in surprise.
"I couldn't stand not knowing anything. I have to know something. Maddy, Peyt go and sit down. So where is she? And why on earth have they stuck her in here?"
"She's in here because of who she is. If the press gets hold of this they'll have a field day. And besides if it gets printed then it will be front page news and if it's printed before Harry knows Merlin knows what he'll do. And they've taken her to theatre. Apparantly the baby was distressed and the healers are doing a Muggle procedure to get it out and save both her's and the baby's lives. She's been gone about thirty minutes. Where is Harry?"
"I spoke to Mione at about half one and at that time he was out of it. He'd passed out on our sofa. She knows about Ginny but she won't tell Harry. Not even if he begs her to tell him where she is."
"Well that's good. The last thing Ginny needs is him storming in here shouting the odds" Mrs Weasley agreed.
As she finished saying this a healer came into the room.
"Mrs Weasley?" the healer said a he shot and odd look at Ron.
"Yes. This is my son Ron. Ginny's older brother" Mrs Weasley said as she had noticed the look that Ron was getting.
The healer then noticed the twins sat in the corner as though they were mourning a death.
"Who are they?"
"Ginny's daughters. How is she?" Ron asked.
"The procedure went very well. The baby is very healthy. Obviously it was a tad touch and go at first because we didn't know if there was any internal damage due to the fall" the healer said quietly.
The twins were watching the conversation and trying to listen to what was being said but they could only manage to hear odd words such as 'healthy', 'tad' and 'damage'.
The healer stopped talking and nodded towards the twins then walked out.
Ron looked at his mother who was looking at the twins.
"Are they okay?" she asked.
"I really don't know. I watched them while they were sat in the garden together. They were sat together talking then they hugged each other. I haven't seen them do that since they were eight."
"Maybe they called a truce. Why don't you take them to the tea room while the healers bring Ginny back in here."
Ron nodded and told the twins that they were going to get a drink.
Maddy and Peyton stood up still holding hands and followed Ron out of the room.
A few moments later Ginny was wheeled into the room by two healers and a small cot was wheeled in by another healer.
Mrs Weasley looked into the cot and gazed at the baby.
She looked at the black hair that was so familiar and was willing to bet anything that this baby would look like Harry when she heard a weak voice.
"Mum?"
Mrs Weasley jumped when she heard Ginny and she tore her eyes away from the sleeping baby.
"Ginny, you're awake. Are you okay?"
"As okay as I can be. Where am I?"
"You're in St Mungo's. You fell down the stairs. Can you remember what happened?"
"I thought I heard Harry in he kitchen and I walked faster. I must have tripped on something. It's all a blur. Is the baby okay?"
"Yes he's perfect. They did something that Muggles do when the baby is distressed and it's an emergency" Mrs Weasley said.
"It's a boy? Can I see him?" Ginny asked.
Mrs Weasley nodded and picked the baby up before sitting back down on her chair.
Ginny took one look at her newborn son and sniffed.
"I can't be his mother" she said.
Mrs Weasley put the baby down and looked at her youngest child.
"Why not Ginny?"
"He looks like him. I just can't. Please get rid of him."
Mrs Weasley nodded and left the room to find a healer.
After she came back a healer walked into the room.
"She doesn't want the baby anywhere near her. Can you take him somewhere else. Just until he's ready to go home. He'll come home with me."
The healer nodded.
"I'll take him to the nursery. Let's just hope that it'll only be the trauma kicking in and that she'll be fine soon. What about her daughters?"
"They're staying with me as well while they aren't at school. I have absolutely no idea how she's going to recat to them."
The healer nodded again and wheeled the baby out of the room.
Mrs Weasley kissed Ginny's forehead and whispered to her.
"It's okay now. He's gone."
Ginny looked up at her mother.
"Oh I'm a terrible mother aren't I? I just can't look at him. He looks so much like his Dad. Sorry Mum. Where are the twins?"
"They're having a cup of tea with Ron. They'll be back soon. I know it's hard for you. I'll take care of the baby till you feel better. What are you going to name him?" Mrs Weasley said.
"I don't want to name him. The less I have to do with him right now the better. Can you name him?"
Mrs Weasley nodded not knowing what to say to the request that Ginny had just made.
At that moment Ron walked back in with Peyton and Maddy.
"Mum! You're awake!" Peyton said excitedly.
The twins ran over to the bed and started to chat animatedly to their mother.
Ron looked at Mrs Weasley.
"How's the baby?" he asked.
"Oh Ron. He's beautiful. Ginny doesn't want anything to do with him. She doesn't even want to name him. She wants me to do it. I can't do that" Mrs Weasley whispered.
"It's a boy?"
"Yes. Can you talk some sense into her while I take Maddy and Peyton to see him?"
Ron nodded.
"Girls come with me. We'll go to see your new brother" Mrs Weasley said loudly.
The twins stared at Mrs Weasley before registering what she said.
"Okay Nana. See you Mum" both girls said very excitedly.
Ginny nodded at them and they followed Mrs Weasley out of the room leaving Ron and Ginny alone.
Ginny looked at Ron and saw him looking at her.
"What?" she asked.
"Why won't you name him?" Ron asked.
"I can't. Ron you don't understand."
"Ginny I do understand. For months after Ellie was born I couldn't look at her. She didn't remind me of the woman I love. No she reminded me of my best friend. My best friend who got the one girl I loved most in the world pregnant and then took off leaving her and his unborn child. There were times when I wished that she'd never been born."
"You were so happy though. Whenever I saw you three together you were always so happy. Smiling and so proud of Ellie."
"I would lie awake at night thinking what if. What if she'd never been born? What if they had never slept together? What if I had never argued with Hermione? But then all it took was to get up in the morning and see how happy Hermione was. How perfect she thought her life was. Then I'd look into Ellie's green eyes and I would melt. That was all it took to realise that Ellie had never asked to be born. She didn't ask to have Harry as her father so how could I blame an innocent baby for that? Even now I start to think what if but then I look at Ellie and realise how perfect my life is. How perfect she is. I have a lot to thank my stepdaughter for because if Hermione hadn't have fallen pregnant with her then we might never have gotten together" Ron explained.
"Oh" Ginny said.
"Exactly Gin. That's all you can say. No one knows that I felt like that. Not even Mum."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because I felt that I needed to. At the end of the day you've not exactly had a happy ending but you've still got two incredibly funny, smart and beautiful daughters and a gorgeous little boy who is going to grow up needing his Mum. A little boy who didn't ask to be born or ask to have Harry as his father. We can't guarantee that he'll be funny, smart and as goodlooking as his sisters but we'll work on that. Come on Gin at least see him before you make any rash decisions."
"I can't. Just give me time. I'm not going back to Harry's or Hogwarts. I doubt that McGonagall will let me work now that the baby's here so I'll be at Mum's with him. It's like the maternal instinct isn't there. When I had Maddy and Peyton it kicked in straight away but when I see him I feel like he's not even my baby" Ginny explained.
Ron nodded as the twins came back through the door with Mrs Weasley.
Ron stood up and as he walked away, Ginny grabbed hold of his hand and Ron looked back.
"Ron, I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell Harry about this. I don't want to see him and if he knew that I was here then he would come barging in here as if he owned the place. Please don't tell him anything about Maddy, Peyton or the baby" she whispered.
Ron nodded and turned to see the twins and Mrs Weasley looking at the scene, trying to work out what had been said.
"Come on Maddy, Peyton. It's getting late. we had best go. Your Mum needs a rest."
The twins nodded and Ron looked back at his baby sister.
"I'll send Hermione to see you later."
Ginny forced a smile as Ron walked out of the door with the twins.
Mrs Weasley watched her son's retreating back then sat down next to Ginny.
"So are you going to tell me what this argument that you had with Harry is all about?" she asked.
"Oh it was silly. Don't worry about it."
"So asking Ron not to tell him where you are or anything about the children was silly? Ginny there is more to this than meets the eye."
Ginny looked at Mrs Weasley.
"How do you know?" Ginny asked.
"Call it mother's intuition. Mother's tend to know when their children aren't telling the truth."
Ginny nodded and took a deep breath.
"He tried using Legilimency on the twins then Maddy told us that Peyton had been pregnant and he started to walk towards the front door so I told him to leave and said that we would be gone in the morning" she explained.
"Ah. So that would explain why you thought that you could hear him in the kitchen this morning and what do you mean by Peyton had been pregnant?"
"Yes. She lost it when she had the flying accident. When can I go home Mum?"
"The healers want you to stay in for a week."
"A WEEK!" Ginny yelled.
"Ginny calm down. They want you in for a week because you have Muggle stitches in your stomach. You need bed rest so that they don't come out early."
"But I'll get lots of bed rest at The Burrow. Please go and talk to them. I don't want to be in here for a week. Please Mum" Ginny pleaded.
"Okay" Mrs Weasley sighed as she got up and walked out of the secluded room.
Ginny sighed and looked up at the ceiling, everything was just so white and boring.
A few minutes later Mrs Weasley walked back into the room smiling.
"They want you to stay in for two days. Is that okay?"
"Much better. Thanks Mum."
At Ron and Hermione's house, Harry had woken up a few hours ago.
"Thanks for letting me use your sofa, shower and toilet Mi."
Hermione's head shot up and she looked at Harry with tears in her chocolate brown eyes.
Harry had noticed this and was now looking at her with an inquisitive look.
"What's wrong Mi?" he asked.
"You... You haven't called me that since the night of The Final Battle Harry. Why have you started calling me that now?"
"I dunno. It felt right I suppose and it just came out of my mouth. Has it really been that long since I last called you that?"
"Yes. If I remember rightly you didn't even call me it while we having sex."
"Yeah well it didn't sound right while we doing that. I didn't call you it when I came back because I forgot about it I suppose. I'll see you later though."
"What do you mean by I'll see you later?" Hermione asked.
"I'm going out for a bit then I'll go back home I suppose. I'll pop round tomorrow though."
Hermione nodded as Harry kissed her on the cheek and disapparated out of the kitchen.
But he didn't go round the next day.
In fact Harry wasn't seen for at least a week.
Hermione was so worried that she sent Ron to Grimmauld Place to see if he was alright.
When Ron apparated into the kitchen he saw Harry sat at the kitchen table with his head resting on his arms wearing the same clothes that he had been wearing the day that he had passed out on Ron's sofa.
Ron slowly walked towards the table to get a closer look at what was piled up on the table and to have a look at Harry who seemed as though he wasn't even breathing.
Ron looked at the first pile on the table and saw that it was a pile of unopened letters.
He then saw piles upon piles of the Daily Prophet that Harry obviously hadn't read.
He also saw empty bottles with labels detailing what had been in them.
Ron picked up the first letter on the pile and saw the Hogwarts crest on the envelope.
He shook his head and put the letter back on the pile.
Ron looked at Harry and saw that he obviously hadn't taken a shower for a while and judging by the stubble on his chin, he hadn't shaved either.
Ron shook Harry awake whilst trying to avoid the smell that he was emitting and Harry's head shot up.
"Wha?"
"Harry mate. It's Ron. Mione told me to come and see if you were alive. Are you okay?"
"Mfine" Harry slurred drunkenly.
"Why haven't you been reading any letters?"
"Don't wanoo."
"Is it because Ginny is talking about divorcing you?"
"Mmm."
Harry seemed to wake up more and saw that someone was in the kitchen.
"RON! I LOVE YOU MATE. You are my best friend and I love you for that coz it's not easy being my friend" Harry said loudly as he gave Ron a hug.
Ron hugged him back knowing that he would soon forget everything that was being said.
"Harry. You're drunk and you smell. You need a shower. You haven't even brushed your teeth, all I can smell is stale alcohol. What's wrong?" Ron said as Harry broke away from the hug and stood swaying on the spot.
"Need be sick" Harry said as he sprinted from the room.
As Harry ran, Ron noticed that he wasn't very steady on his feet.
He looked at the bottles again and saw the familiar labels saying 'Ogden's Old Firewhisky' and
'Butterbeer', he also saw labels that he didn't recognise.
He looked closer and saw that these labels said things such as 'Vodka', 'Barcardi', 'Carling', 'Heineken' and 'Brandy'.
"Dear Merlin Harry. You aren't fine at all. Every witch and wizard knows that you shouldn't mix Muggle and wizard alcohol."
Ron heard a toilet flushing and stood in the middle of the kitchen read to have it out with Harry.
Harry staggered back into the kitchen and sat back in the chair that he had occupied before had to madly dash to the toilet to empty his stomach.
Ron looked at him and couldn't help himself thinking about how much Harry had brought this situation upon himself.
"Why ish you ere?" Harry slurred.
"Because you haven't answered any of your mail and no one's seen you for days. We're worried."
"I'm fine."
"Harry you aren't fine. You're sat in your kitchen on your own with only alcohol for company. Not even your own owl wants to know you at this point. Why are you mixing alcohol?"
"Tastes good and so many pretty colours."
"Harry you shouldn't mix Muggle and wizard alcohol. It causes bad effects."
"Don't lecture me. I'm fine!" Harry slurred again.
Harry stood up and swayed on the spot.
"Harry you can't even stand up without moving. You aren't fine at all. Anyway I came here to see if you had read the letter from McGonagall. Have you?" Ron asked.
Harry shook his head and glanced at the unopened letter on the table.
"Well then you wouldn't know that Snape's been sacked because he's been linked with Dark activities that's something to do with Bellatrix Lestrange. Malfoy's taking over his position."
This seemed to sober Harry up a great deal.
"Mafoy?"
"Yes. What's up?"
"Nothing. I can't believe that stupid sod's going to be teaching my children. Anyway I'm not going back to teach at Hogwarts."
"Why? You have to!"
"Because Bellatrix Lestrange is ruining my life. She's the reason why me and Gin broke up."
"I thought that you and Ginny split up because you tried using Legilimency on the twins?"
"Yeah but we were having arguing for weeks before that. Every time it was about her. I want rid of her once and for all. I'll kill her even if it's the last thing I do. I want Gin back and I want to see my kids. Is she going to let me see them?" Harry said.
"Sorry mate. She doesn't want you to see them."
Harry nodded.
"When are you going then?" Ron asked because he knew exactly what Harry was implying.
"Tomorrow morning. I don't know how long it will be for but I can guarantee one thing. The next time I step foot into this house Bellatrix sodding Lestrange will be six feet under."
Ron laughed nervously.
"You're definate about this aren't you? Oh well. We never could get rid of your fixation of saving people from Dark witches and wizards could we?"
"No not really" Harry laughed.
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