Harry Potter and the Dark Lord

Chapter 18: A Confrontation

Summary: Set in Harry's sixth year. He encounters far more than he ever could have expected, but he does not have to go through it alone. An old friend returns to help him. Harry's defeat of Voldemort rests on him getting The Scepter of Light and Dark, something that would allow Voldemort to destroy the world if he can get the whole thing. Voldemort's powers are getting stronger and Harry has more than one encounter with him.

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This Chapter: Harry sneaks out of the hospital wing and has a confrontation with Ron.

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When Harry woke up again, it was nighttime. He could tell because the windows were dark and all the lights were extinguished.

He put his glasses on and looked around. Sirius was asleep in a chair beside his bed. There wasn't anyone else around.

With a last look at Sirius, he snuck out of the hospital wing for the second time in two weeks. He wished he had the Marauder's Map on him, but is was locked safely away in his room. Luckily, the walk to Gryffindor Tower was uneventful. He told the Fat Lady the password and walked into the Common Room. There was no one in the Common Room except for Ginny, who was sitting on a couch beside the fire. He walked over and sat next to her.

"Hey." he said.

"Harry, how did you get out of the hospital wing?" she asked.

"Snuck out." said Harry with an evil grin. They both laughed and Harry looked into Ginny's warm brown eyes. He could see the fire flickering in them. He had never before noticed how the firelight made her hair shimmer or how she had a tiny dimple in her right cheek when she smiled, he had never noticed how beautiful she was. Before he knew what he was doing, they were kissing passionately. All of a sudden, the lights in the Common Room flickered on.

"What the bloody hell are you doing!" yelled Ron.

"Now Ron, don't go off on Harry." said Ginny. Ron came running over to Harry.

"How dare you go snogging my sister in the dark!" he yelled at Harry. He raised his fist and started to bring it towards Harry.

But before he could hit him, Ginny had her wand out and said, "Petrificus Totalus," and Ron was on the floor, unable to move.

"Thanks." said Harry.

"No problem." said Ginny. They knelt next to Ron.

Ginny said, "Ron, I'll take the curse off you if you promise not to hurt Harry. You can't tell me who I can and can't date. Blink once if you understand." Ron blinked and Ginny muttered the countercurse.

Ron jumped up and said, "If you hurt her you'll be sorry." and stalked up the stairs to the dormitories.

"I'd better wait a while before going up there." said Harry. Ginny nodded and kissed him on the cheek. He sat back down on the couch and stared into the fire. He didn't want to go to sleep and didn't plan to. Suddenly, he heard someone knocking on the Fat Lady. He ran upstairs to his dormitory and got the Marauder's Map.

He tapped the piece of parchment and said, " I solemnly swear I am up to no good."

Fine lines spread out from where he had tapped the parchment and shortly, the map was revealed. He looked for Gryffindor Tower and saw himself and Sirius standing outside Gryffindor Tower. He hurried over to the portrait of the Fat Lady and opened it, letting Sirius in.

"I thought this would be where you went." said Sirius.

"Sorry I left, I just got bored." said Harry.

"That's all right. Next time wake me up before you sneak out." said Sirius with a smile. "What were you doing up this late anyways?"

"I….er…well, I came in here and Ginny and I…we had a chat." said Harry. His face began to feel hot and he didn't look at Sirius.

"More like snogging." said Sirius with a grin. "Just make sure you don't do anything stupid with her."

"I wont." said Harry with a groan. They were just going out, what was Sirius talking about?

"Now go to bed." said Sirius sternly, then bursting into laughter.

"'Night." said Harry.

"Goodnight." said Sirius. Harry went back upstairs and saw that Ron was asleep.

He changed into pajamas and got into bed, but he wasn't going to sleep. He wasn't going to risk having another one of those dreams.


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