Author's Note :

Sorry, for a late update.

I would like to discuss about the characters in this story.

1. Harry and Neville :

Harry and Neville became friends on the Hogwarts Express due to the mutual understanding between them for living without parents. There was no chemistry between them as that was between Ron and Harry. Ron and Harry became best friends instantly. Ron is like someone who Harry needs to enjoy the life after his horrible past with his relatives. He needs someone who will joke around and make him laugh. On the other hand, Neville shares the same history with Harry. They became friends by an understanding.

2. Hermione and Neville :

Neville has quite a low self-esteem, and Hermione is like who she is. She was very nervous and wanted peoples to like her. That is why she decided to help Neville with his toad. Neville, on the other hand, is very grateful to her and could not help but like her.

3. Hermione and Harry :

There is no troll incident in this story. (Hermione is the same bossy Hermione here. But here, Ron cannot call her nightmare and insult her for not having friends. Because he does not have any friend either and she is the only Gryffindor who is kind to him. The charms class that combines Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, I cannot believe that between them anyone besides cannon Ron will insult her like that.) Here, Harry and Hermione become friends from their mutual friendship with Neville. Right now, Harry thinks Hermione is a bossy know-it-all, but he deals with her for Neville. But the friendship between Harry and Hermione comes naturally. The more adventures they share, the more strong their friendship become.

4. Ron and Hermione :

Their nature is entirely the opposite. One sticks with the rules while the other does not care about the rules. That is why I want them to meet before Hogwarts to know each other otherwise it was very difficult for them to become friends with the whole Neville situation. In this story, Ron is grateful for her friendship and will not do anything to destroy it. They will bicker it was in their nature but, it will not turn into a heated argument. They become interested because in each other both are mysterious to each other. Hermione is intrigued towards him because of his sorting while knowing his past and of his large family. On the other hand, Ron is intrigued towards her because she is the most brilliant student despite being a muggle-born. He was already confused about the pureblood superiority before joining Hogwarts, and she is the right example for him to help him understand.

5. Ron and Luna :

Luna has a major role to play in this story. Ron cannot handle all his Seer ability alone. Hermione is not at his side to help him. He needs brains, and Luna is a Ravenclaw for a reason. The friendship between them will play a significant role in the future.

6. Ron and Theodore :

Theodore just like Ron is not a bigot person. His father is a death eater, but he is not like his father. He is smart and wants to get out from his father's shadow. That is why Ron Weasley intrigues him, and they become friends.

7. The new GOLDEN TRIO (Harry, Neville, and Hermione) :

This Golden Trio is entirely different from the original. Here all the members are a single child and do not know how it was like to have a sibling. All of them lacks the social ability and finds it difficuilt to make friends. Their adventures together make them great friends with each other but, they need other friends too to lighten their mood, to enjoy their school like a teenager. It was a major change. With Ron, Harry and Hermione do not need any other friend to entertain themselves. They always find fun in their group. But without Ron, the fun and laugh are seriously not there, and they will miss it.

Ron is the master of chess, and I don't think that anyone at the age of eleven capable to beat Professor McGonagall at chess.


Chapter 8: The Forbidden Forest

"Ron!"

Someone called him.

"Ron!" Some called again. That was familiar.

Hermione.

"Hermione," he heard himself croak. And then he noticed he was lying on the ground, and that his head hurt a lot. It felt as if the thousand mountain trolls had just pounded his skull with their clubs. He opened his eyes, and his vision was blurred.

And then Hermione came into focus. He also saw Potter and Longbottom just behind her.

Hermione is beside him on the ground. Her chocolate brown eyes wide with fear, and her forehead crinkled in worry.

"Ron," she said again. "Are you okay?"

"What happened?" he groaned. He is still having a hard time forcing Hermione's unconscious form in the back of his mind. He never experiences anything like this before. At one moment he was in the common room, and the next moment he was in the third-floor corridor with Hermione, Longbottom, and Harry.

'What the hell was that?' he thought.

"You... you blacked out," said Hermione. "Or something. One minute you were here and the next you- I don't know, it was like you went into a trance or something, and then- you fell."

Ron squeezed his eyes shut and tried to concentrate. It does not feel right. He had left. He had been somewhere else. Inside the trapdoor at the third-floor corridor.

'I saw it, I know, I did.'

"What happened?" asked Hermione.

"Um- nothing," replied Ron rather quickly. He gets up, packs his parchments and headed swiftly towards the boy's dormitory.

"I will write Charlie tomorrow and gets back to you when he writes back," he said and vanished inside the dormitory, leaving very confused Hermione, Longbottom, and Potter.


He wrote a letter to Charlie the next morning. His mind is still occupied with his vision the previous night. Once inside the dorm, he quickly wrote his vision in his journal. He was trying to figure out what his vision depicts. He relates his previous dream about Sorcerer's stone and this vision.

1. Third-Floor corridor.

2. Three-headed dog on the trapdoor, protecting the Sorcerer's stone.

3. Enchantments also have done by other teachers like flying keys, human-sized wizard chess to protect the stone.

4. Professor Snape is trying to steal the stone.

5. Hermione, Potter, and Longbottom jump inside the trapdoor and beaten by the wizard chess.

He was still quite confused that why they go inside the trapdoor in the first place? He does not think that Potter wanted to steal the stone for himself.

For the next few days, he was still trying to figure out what his dreams and vision are implying? He also notices the smug look on Malfoy face whenever he saw Potter. Malfoy is entirely a different problem. He does not know why he was still silent about this whole dragon situation. He will easily suspend Hagrid if he wants.

After a week he received a letter from Charlie informing him to bring the dragon tomorrow at midnight at the astronomy tower where his friends will take it to Romania. He soon tells Potter about his brother's plan. They all decided to meet at Hagrid's hut after the class.

Ron is in his dormitory changing his school robes. Hermione is waiting for him in the common room. Potter and Longbottom are already present at Hagrid's.

"Hurry up!" she yelled when he reached the bottom stairs.

He gives her an apologetic smile, and she leads him outside the portrait hole grabbing his hand.

Once they reach, Hagrid shot him a disapproving look but did not say any insulting.

"What do you lot want?" asked Hagrid, looking towards Ron suspiciously.

"We want to discuss the dragon, Hagrid," said Potter calmly.

"Harry!" hissed Hagrid accusingly for discussing the dragon in front of Weasley.

"We already told him about Norbert Hagrid, and that is why he is here," said Potter.

Hagrid looked confused.

Meanwhile, Ron becomes very fascinated by seeing a dragon. He left the four of them to discuss, and he made his way towards a baby dragon. The dragon is already more than two foot tall. The dragon roar lightly when Ron got closer. He notices a dead rat on the bowl. He picks one and leans forward to feed a one to the dragon. But instead of taking a dead rat the dragon attack on his hand and bit. The next thing Ron knew was that the knife-like fangs piercing into his hand.

"BLOODY FUCK!"

He screamed at the top of his lungs. That made others look into his direction. Hagrid ran up to him as he cried once again in agony. But his screams did not affect Hagrid. He even has the nerve to get on him for scaring the bloody menace.

"There is nothing to scare about Norbert. Mummy is here!"

"Bloody Beast!" he muttered under his breath and pressed his handkerchief in the wound.

Then Potter explains Hagrid all about Ron's brother Charlie and how they decided to get rid of the dragon before anybody found out about it. And it took some convincing from Potter and Hermione but eventually, Hagrid agreed. Now they decided to meet at Hagrid's hut tomorrow at eleven.

Ron decided to keep his wound covered by a handkerchief all day and will visit the hospital wing after getting rid of the dragon.

At eleven the next day Ron found himself for the second time in Hagrid's hut with Hermione, Potter, and Longbottom. They are securing the dragon in a wooden box. They already told Hagrid about Charlie's friends and his eyes filled with tears. After they secure the dragon safely inside the wooden box, Hagrid started sobbing loudly.

"Bye-bye, Norbert!" Hagrid said between his sobs. "Mommy will never forget you."

They all made their way towards the top of the astronomy tower. How they will escape from the eyes of Mrs. Norris or Filch they never knew. Fortunately, they made it to the top of the Astronomy Tower without noticing. Ron is having a difficult time carrying the heavy box with an injured hand. All of them reach the top of the Astronomy tower panting heavily.

They don't have to wait long for Charlie's friends to arrive. They all buckle the box in which Norbert is into the harness Charlie's friends bought. Soon they finish the buckling securely, and Charlie's friends are ready to leave. They all watched happily and relieved that finally the dragon is gone. They all made their way down the Astronomy Tower. But all their happiness is spoiled when they all caught by Filch at the bottom of the Astronomy Tower.

Filch take all of them to Professor McGonagall. She is very angry with all four of them and ducks fifty points each and detention. Next day Ron goes to the infirmary to treat his hands. He was relieved that Madam Pomfrey did not ask him any questions. All of the Gryffindor students are mad at the four of them. Gryffindor is now last at the house championship thanks to the two hundred points loss in one night.


They had to serve their detention with Hagrid. Hagrid told them they have to search for the dead unicorn because someone is killing them to drink the unicorn's blood. Hagrid, Hermione, and Neville are gone the one side while Harry, Ron, and Hagrid's pet dog Fang search the other side.

As Harry and Ron made their way deeper inside the forest, the forest becomes more silent and dark. At one corner they saw a dead unicorn. Ron has never seen anything so beautiful and sad at the same time. As both he and Harry take a step towards unicorn then suddenly out of the shadows, a hooded figure came crawling across the ground. Ron, Harry, and Fang stood transfixed. The clock reached the figure lowered its head over the wound in the animal side, and begin to drink its blood.

Fang bark loudly and bolted. The hooded figure raised its head and looked right at them unicorn blood was dribbling down its front. It got to its foot and swiftly move towards them. Both of them did not move out of fear.

Ron saw Harry rubbing his scar and fell on his knees like he was in pain. Then suddenly from behind them a centaur appeared and charged on the hooded figure. The hooded figure retreated quickly. The centaur was now walking towards them.

"Are you all right?" the centaur asked Harry.

"Yes- Thank You- What was that?"

The centaur did not answer.

"My name is Firenze. You are a Potter boy. The forest is not safe at this time especially for you. You had better get back to Hagrid."

Then suddenly two more centaurs came out of the bush. There is an argument over Harry and the unicorn. After that Firenze ride both Harry and Ron on his back towards Hagrid. After a while, Firenze asked.

"Do you know what unicorn blood is used for?"

"No" they both answered.

"That is because it is a monstrous thing, to slay a unicorn," said Firenze. "Only who had nothing to lose, and everything to gain, would commit such a crime. The blood of the unicorn will keep you alive, even if you are an inch from death, but at a terrible price. You have slain something pure and defenseless to save yourself, and you will have but a half-life, a cursed life, from the moment the blood touches your lips."

Both of them stared back at Firenze.

"But who'd be that desperate?" Harry said aloud. "If you are going to be cursed forever, death is better, isn't it?"

"It is" Firenze agreed, "unless all you need is to stay alive long enough to drink something else - something that will bring you back to full strength and power - something that will mean you can never die. Do you know what is hidden in the school at this very moment?"

'The Sorcerer's Stone' both Ron and Harry thought at the same time.

"Can you think of nobody who has waited many years to return to power, who has clung to life, awaiting their chance?" Firenze continued.

Both Ron and Harry are stunned.

'It can not be true? How is it possible? Voldemort is dead. But-' Harry voice interrupted Ron's thought.

"Do you mean, that was Vol-"

"Harry, Ron are you all right?"

Hermione was running towards them down the path, Hagrid and Neville puffing along behind her.

"I am fine," said Harry while Ron just nodded. "Hagrid, the unicorn is dead, it is in the clearing back there."

Firenze said his goodbye after that and disappeared into the forest.


Ron is agitated after his detention in the Forbidden Forest. His mind was still repeating Firenze words. He is sure that Firenze is hinting at them that Voldemort is trying to return. And if he thinks about it, if Voldemort is positively not dead then it was unmistaken that only Voldemort is willing to commit such an offensive crime of drinking the unicorn's blood.

'Unless all you need is to stay alive long enough to drink something else, something that will bring you back to full strength and power, something that will mean you can never die.'

Ron repeated Firenze words. He knows that by drinking the Elixer of Life one will be immortal like Nicolas Flamel and his wife. But for making Elixer, you need Sorcerer's Stone. The stone is hidden inside the Hogwarts. The more he thought about it, the more he was able to connect the long dots.

Voldemort's presence near the Hogwarts. Voldemort is drinking the unicorn's blood to keep himself alive. Voldemort is trying to steal Sorcerer's Stone hidden inside the school. But Professor Dumbledore is present in the Hogwarts, and everybody knows that Voldemort fears Professor Dumbledore most. So, he cannot break inside the school.

Then how will he plan to steal the stone? Then suddenly it clicked him. Unless someone is helping him from the inside. He then remembers from his dream how Potter, Longbottom, and Hermione accuse Professor Snape of trying to steal the Sorcerer's Stone. Now everything is making sense. He knows that Professor Snape is the former death eater and it was very possible for him to help the Dark Lord.

He got much furious at Snape and the whole situation. He cannot believe that Professor Snape is betraying Professor Dumbledore. How did he do that? Professor Dumbledore protected him from the Ministry after the fall of the Dark Lord and trusted him. And now he is betraying all of them.

'A Death Eater is always a Death Eater.' he thought bitterly. All the insult his father, his family receive reached to him in full force. He cannot believe it. His father is honest about his crimes, and being punished. But Snape, Dumbledore trusted him and protected him and he bloody escaped from the Ministry. His father is rotting in Azkaban, and Snape is enjoying at Hogwarts.

He thought that everybody deserves a second chance. And he was glad that when his father got a second chance and a position at the Ministry. He also adores Professor Snape before for his transition from Death Eater to a Professor. But now all he feels is fury and hate towards his potion master. He does not want Voldemort to return and so does Potter. And the only way to prevent this from happening is to protect the Sorcerer's Stone.

He then thinks about his vision and how do Potter, Longbottom, and Hermione fail to pass the wizard chess. He was now sure that the trio went inside trapdoor to protect the Stone. But they fail, isn't it? They were beaten by the wizard's chess. And if it is true, then Snape will successfully steal the stone. And Voldemort will be back.

"Bloody Hell!" he cursed loudly.

He needs to go inside the trapdoor but how? He cannot ask Potter and join them even when he owes him a favor. How will he explain to them his knowledge of Sorcerer's Stone? He cannot.

He takes out his dream journal and read his vision again.

Flute. Why does Potter is playing the flute in front of a bloody dog? There is also a harp at the dog's feet. It must mean something.

But he does not have a flute. How did he get it?

Theo.

A rope chocking Longbottom's neck. How will he pass it?

A broom and keys.

And finally the wizard chess.

How will he get through all the Professors protection he doesn't know. Why he needs the flute he doesn't know. But he knows one thing. He cannot do all this alone. He needs Theo. And he was determined to stop Snape from stealing the Sorcerer's Stone for Voldemort.

The next morning Ron quickly found Theodore outside a Great Hall. He waved at him and ask him to follow. Once they are sure that they are alone, Ron decided to ask him directly.

"Theo, do you have a flute?"

"Flute," repeated Theodore confused by the redhead request. "No. Why?"

Ron sighed. "Can you do me a favor, Theo. I need a flute, and I need your help."

"Ron, you are not making any sense."

"Please, I promise, I will explain everything to you after all this shit is over, Theo."

Sensing his friend urgency, Theodore asked seriously. "What are you talking about?"

"I promise, I will tell you everything after this is over."

Ron does not want Theodore to know about Sorcerer's Stone now. Because he cannot explain to him how does he know about all of this in the first place. He intends to keep his secret to himself a little longer. But he decided that he will tell Theo all about his secret after this. He does have a right to know.

Theodore eyes him for a moment and then sighed. "Okay. I will bring you a flute." Ron's lips twitched upwards a little. "And what help do you need?"

Ron looks straight into his eyes and said.

"We are going inside the trapdoor."


I hope you like it. Next chapter Ron and Trio's journey through the trapdoor.

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