Oh, don't worry, Ron'll get him...but, will he also get in MAJOR trouble? Well, we'll see.
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The next day...er.. rather that night, Hermione was released from the ward and free to go about her daily school rounds, which made Ron both happy and a little angry. And also, to Ginny, a little bit over- protective of her.
But since Ron had heard Hermione's story, he was determined to make sure it never happened again...and he was bound determined that he was going to make Malfoy pay big time. That thought alone shook his nerves just a little bit, but he kept remembering Hermione's night and made up his mind in the end.
Only thing was: Hermione didn't know that he was going to do something drastic.
Ron, Ginny, Harry, and Hermione were walking together from their last classes down the the Hall for lunch, Hermione was silent. She still knew that Ron hadn't told Ginny and that he didn't want to...but she did. Ginny was her best friend and her brother was her boyfriend...so why was Ron keeping this all a big secret from Ginny? Hermione couldn't even figure it out...which was the first.
Hermione broke out of her thoughts when she heard a familiar voice, "Bailed your girlfriend out of the ward, I see, Weasley," drawled Draco, smirking.
Hermione looked at Ron, who's eyes showed the ultimate anger and hate like she'd never seen.
He started towards Malfoy, but Hermione grabbed his arm. "Don't, Ron...please...forget about what I said! Don't get yourself in trouble!"
But Ron didn't listen, he simply shook Hermione's hand off his arm and continued on.
"This isn't going to end well," Hermione said.
"Tell me about it," said Harry and Ginny together.
Ron and Draco stood in the middle of the hall, pretty much face- to- face. "How dare you do that to her," Ron hissed angrily. "How dare you touch her!"
Draco merely laughed. "What are you talking about, you poor, useless git?"
Hermione had enough anger in her to stop the whole thing...to fight Ron's battle for him. But Ginny and Harry both grabbed her arm.
"Let him do this for once," Harry told her. "Let him fight for once in his life."
Hermione nodded, but still felt the anger in her. She so wanted to kick his butt...
"Don't play stupid with me, Malfoy!" Ron's tone was bursting with hate. "I know what you did to her...I KNOW what you did to Hermione!"
"What' going on?" the familiar voice of Fred Weasley asked behind Hermione.
"Long story, just watch," Hermione said.
"Is that Ron?" George Weasley, Fred's twin brother, asked, shock in his voice.
Hermione nodded. "Oh, yeah...that's Ron."
Malfoy smiled,a s if now knowing what Ron was referring to. "It's not my fault she fell for the charm, Weasley," he spat. "Why does it matter now, anyway? Oh, that's right...it doesn't."
Ron, in absolute blind fury, socked Draco in the face, causing Draco to fall back.
Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Fred, and George were in awe. "Did you see that?" Fred asked.
"That was the most powerful punch I'd ever seen coming from him," Ginny said.
"He's got this fight all wrapped up," George smiled.
"Oh, don't be too sure," Hermione said, shaking her head. "You guys haven't seen the worst of Malfoy yet."
Ron stared at Malfoy, who was bleeding slightly from the lip. "It does matter, and I have every intension on knowing why you did it!" he yelled.
Draco stood up again. "Alright, Weasley. You want to know why? Fine: THERE WAS NO REASON."
Ron was taken aback for words. So he had inflicted all this pain and misery on Hermione for fun? Itw as enough to make Ron kill him.
"It was out of fun, then?" Ron asked, angrier than ever.
Draco smiled, "Yeah...it was. And the best part is: It was fun."
"Not for her!" Ron shouted, pointing at Hermione. "You scarred her for life with that night!"
"And, I would have gotten away with it," Malfoy continued, acting as if Ron had said nothing, "If it weren't for him," he finished, pointing at Harry.
"Leave him out of this!" Ron said. "I don't care if he was there or not, I want to make you pay for the misery you put her through!"
Malfoy sniggered. "YOU are going to make ME pay? Oh, this'll be good."
"I already slugged you once, Malfoy...and I'll do it TWICE are hard!" Ron bellowed.
Hermione whimpered and covered her eyes.
"He's either gonna wind up in trouble major or dead," Fred shrugged.
Ginny looked at him. "NOT helping!"
Fred shrugged again. "Sorry, but it's the truth."
Ginny just rolled her eyes.
"Give me your best...I'd like to see you try," Malfoy snickered.
Before anybody knew it, Ron had pinned Draco to the ground. "I usually wouldn't hurt ANYBODY," Ron hissed. "But I'm going to make an exception in this case."
"Make it stop," Hermione whimpered, hands still over her eyes.
"If you EVER touch her again, I'll make sure I have your head!" Ron growled.
"I'd like to see you try that. When my father hears about this-- "
"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR FATHER THINKS OR WHAT HE'LL SAY!" Ron shouted at the top of his lungs before Malfoy gave him a nasty slug in the face.
"Ohh," Hermione peeked through her fingers.
"He'll be fine," Fred assured. "Erm...right, George?"
"Oh- yeah...great."
"Shut up, both of you, just SHUT UP!" Hermione hissed.
Ron got on his knees, blood dripping from his nose onto the floor.
When he got the strength to stand up, he pulled out his wand, determined to get back at Draco. But before he could say or do anthing, someone grabbed his hand.
Hermione dared to look. "Oh, blimey, no..." she moaned. "not now...please!"
Ron dared to turn around. Then, he gulped. "H- Hi, Professor McGongall...Snape," he mumbled under his breath.
McGongall let go of Ron's wrist, and Ron just continued to look down, his nose still dripping and Malfoy's lip doing the same.
"Where is Miss Granger?"
Ron pointed to the stairs, and Hermione got a sinking feeling in her heart.
"Dumbledore would like to see you, Granger, and Malfoy now," she said. "Professor Snape and I will take you down there."
Fred and George stared at Hermione. "What'd you do?" Fred asked.
But Hermione couldn't answer. She knew that they were all in deep trouble.
They were all going to get what was coming at them...
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