Starthedemonhorse: Well, I must say this is probably my best story yet! I can't believe how many reviews I've gotten! Thank-you to every one! I love you all! By the way, sorry to those who don't really like the couple but I just can't resist Fred/George couples. I love them so much. So here is chapter 5. Enjoy!
Series: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: yes yes we already know that there is no possible way any of us can own anything…so I don't own this
Torture: Chapter 5-Realizing
Ron was shocked. He never thought any one could go as low as this. "Ron? You okay mate?" Fred asked, staring at his brother. Ron just stared out the window, looking at the lake outside. "It's him, he's the one that has been doing this to us. How could he?" Ron stood up quickly, making every one in the room jump. "Who Ron? Who did this?" Hermione asked, realizing what Ron was talking about. "It was…" Before Ron could say any thing, Madame Pomfrey rushed into the room and over to Ron's bed. "You shouldn't stand up so quickly. That was a nasty gash on your head young man, now sit down!" The nurse said, pushing Ron to the bed forcefully (A.N.- I am so mean, I won't even let Ron tell every one else who did it…).
Remembering the reason he was in the Hospital Wing in the first place, Ron felt the side of his head. He felt some dried blood, but other wise the cut had been sealed. "What caused that injury any way Ron?" George asked, returning to the game of chess he and Fred were playing. "I…I'm not sure. I couldn't have hit my head off any thing in the hallways, but, that pain…that horrible pain. It might've caused it." Ron said thoughtfully, thinking about the previous night.
"Well, what ever caused it was very powerful, I am having a hard time healing you!" Madame Pomfrey said, rubbing some sort of potion on the wound. "Ouch!" It stung, but it was gentler than the pain he had endured the other day. "Ron, what were you saying, just before Madame Pomfrey came in?" Hermione asked, glancing at the nurse. "Sorry to interrupt but I need to do my job. There, that's the best I can do for now. Come see me again tomorrow morning. You are free to go to your dormitories." She said, putting down the potion bottle and going straight into her office. Ron stood up, feeling a little dizzy but was able to walk. "I know who it is. I know who's been doing this to Harry and me. It's M-" The Headmaster glided into the room as Ron started heading to the door. "Oh, Mr. Weasley, Miss Granger. I am afraid I have some bad news…" Dumbledore trailed off for a moment. (A.N.- tsk tsk, shame on me…) "What? What is it?" Ron asked urgently. "Mr. Potter is in serious trouble. He had another attack of that disturbance in his mind. Saint Mungo's is doing all they can but they cannot figure out what it is that is troubling poor Harry." The Headmaster said, shaking his head gravely.
"Oh no…Harry!" Hermione cried, her face in horror. "Professor Dumbledore, I know who's been doing this, it's-" Once again Ron was cut off as Percy ran into the room, sweating and breathing heavily (I am having so much fun…snicker). "Headmaster, I have the permission forms you wanted." Percy handed two sheets of paper to Dumbledore, and he looked at them, a look of relief on his face. "These permission forms are from your parents Ron and Hermione, giving you permission to go to Saint Mungo's to see Harry. It seems that you two are the only ones able to calm Harry down. You will both stay there until Harry is ready to come back, unless the circumstances are that of which the problem is not able to be fixed." Dumbledore sighed grievously, bowing his head. "No, we will fix this, Harry is going to be fine…" Ron said, looking towards the window again. Fred and George looked over to Ron with worried faces. "Go help him little brother." George said, rubbing Ron's hair affectionately. "I mean, all the girls must be so jealous of you…" Fred added, with his twin smiling. "Shut up…" Ron said, blushing. Dumbledore smiled. "Pack your things and be ready to leave by this afternoon. Meet me at the Entrance Hall by 12:00 and we will leave." The Headmaster said, then left to his office. "Come on Ron, let's go pack, then we can see Harry." Hermione said, heading towards the Gryffindor dormitories to collect her things. Ron followed along with Fred and George chanting "Ron and Harry sitting in a tree…" all the way.
"K-i-s-s-i-n-" "Oh shut up already!" Ron said, throwing a book at his brothers. "But you two are really cyuuuute together!" Fred said, batting his eyelashes. Ron scowled and put the rest of his clothes into his case. "You know, it'll be a nice break getting away from you two." Ron said, smiling. "Yeah right, you'll be crying back to us soon enough." George laughed, throwing the book back to Ron. "In your dreams." Ron smiled, going out the door towards the Entrance Hall along with Hermione. " I hope he's okay." Hermione said as they stood waiting at the doors to the school. After only a few minutes, the Headmaster appeared, ready to leave. "Good, you are both here. Let us leave now, so you can see Mr. Potter." Dumbledore said, coming over to the two teenagers and taking a hold of their shoulders. "Hold on." He said, closing his eyes.
"Harry!" "Harry! How are you doing?" Hermione said, followed by Ron who rushed over to Harry. The raven-haired boy smiled as his two best friends rushed into the room. "Ron! Hermione! I'm so glad you two could make it!" Harry said, positively glowing with happiness. Dumbledore smiled, saying, "Now that you three are together, I must return to Hogwarts. I hope to see you all back in class soon." The Headmaster nodded and left the room. Harry smiled as Dumbledore left, then turned towards Ron. "I'm so glad you're here!" He cried, jumping onto Ron and hugging him. "I missed you too much!" Ron smiled, and hugged the boy in return. "I've missed you too." He said. Hermione cleared her throat in irritation and the boys released each other. "I know that you two are very happy to see each other, but we still have the problem of what is happening here." She said, tapping her foot. Ron gasped. "I can't believe I forgot to tell Professor Dumbledore! I know who's been doing this!" Ron cried, turning towards Harry. The boy-who-lived nodded, knowing exactly what Ron meant. "I've figured it out as well, it was too obvious…" Ron looked a bit taken aback. "But, your memory was modified some how, and you had no idea what had happened." Ron stated, a quizzical look on his freckled face. Harry nodded, clearly seeing his friends' point of view to the situation. "Yes, but only one person inside of the school would do this to me…" Hermione simply stood still, and continued to question herself silently in her mind. "Malfoy." Harry and Ron stated together.
Hermione gasped as the boys told her the answer to her questioning. "Of course! If you-know-who isn't the one doing this, it has to be him! We have to tell Professor Dumbledore! I'm going to borrow one of the owls here and send a message, I'll be right back!" Hermione tore out of the room and into the hallway, the door closing behind. Ron smiled as she left, knowing that she would be sending the letter now. Suddenly Harry's hand encased Ron's tightly, in a tight, but gentle grasp. "Ron, he's hurting us both, isn't he? Torturing us like we're his pets, driving us into insanity…" Harry trailed off, knowing that Ron could figure the rest out for himself. "Yes, he is… But we are going to stop him, I will… for your sake." Ron leaned down and kissed Harry gently on the forehead, reassuring the boy on the bed that every thing was going to be okay for them.
Aww…… finally, not a cliffhanger, that's a first for me… a new record. I hope you all enjoyed this as much as I have writing it, and the next chapter will be coming soon! Review!