Ethereal Whisper
Disclaimer: I simply don't own Harry Potter. Nonetheless, the only thing I would say I own is my characters added to this fictitious story.
Summary: The wind, the element we always encounter and the eyes before written history. Time has come to reveal their existence to two people with afar perception. Is it also the time to realize what they truly feel for one another?
Chapter 4 – Misunderstanding
"Where could that Hermione be? Its way past bedtime now…" A red haired boy exclaimed with extreme concern.
He went up to the Gryffindor dormitory to check on her but there was no sign of Hermione being there. He quickly went up to the common room made especially for the Head Boy and the Head Girl, He uttered the password to enter the special common room, but Hermione's nowhere to be found. Confused and worried as he is now, he didn't even notice that Professor Mcgonagall was right in front of him.
"Mr. Weasley, is everything okay?" The professor asked mulishly.
"Where is she? Where? Where?" Ron continuously whispered to himself as if Mcgonagall wasn't there.
"Mister Weasley!" The Professor now shouted.
"Pro-Professor!" Surprised, he was. "I am asking if everything is alright?" She repeated her question in a much annoyed voice.
"Uhm… Pro-Professor… uhm… did you see… uhm… Hermione?" Ron said as though he didn't think he said it right.
"Oh is that so, I'm sorry but I didn't…" Mcgonagall responded. He just nodded and went straight ahead still eager to find Hermione.
After the surprise meeting with Mcgonagall, Ron made his way down the stairs still looking for Hermione and then he went down the entrance door of the school.
Surprised to what he saw in the entrance gate, Ron bellowed as he came walking towards the gate, "MALFOY! You get your filthy hands off of her!"
"R -- Ron…?" Hermione whispered shakily.
"What the hell's you're problem Weasley?" Draco said arching an eyebrow to Ron.
"What's my problem? You get off of her! What the hell are you doing with her? Is that a part of your devilish plans, huh? To make Hermione fall for you and… and then that's the time when you can kill her with your bare hands?" Ron yelled to Draco.
"What!" Draco questioned shockingly.
"Ron, stop it – it's… it's not what you thin…" But before Hermione could end up her sentence Ron came pulling her hands to get her away from Draco.
"Hermione, don't worry I'll make this asshole pay for what he did to you." Ron whispered to Hermione.
"No Ron you don't unde…" Hermione tried to explain but before she could a powerful punch landed on Draco's face. Draco fell down on his knees as the punch landed on his face. Painful as it was, blood dripped from Draco's left cheek.
"You stay away from her! You son of a bitch! Once you get your grimy hands on her again I'll—I'll tear you into pieces! MALFOY!" Ron flushed red in anger yet still holding Hermione's hands with his. Hermione let loose and made her way to Draco.
"What the hell's wrong with you? Are you picking up some fight? Huh? Weasel!" Draco shrieked. But before Ron could say anything again, Draco released a powerful punch down to Ron's face.
"You know what Weasley, you're dumber than I thought you were!" added Draco, sharply.
Ron, now lying on the ground - bleeding, thundered a fuming eye and raised his wand right into Draco's neck, ready to arm any charm.
"C'mon Weasley, do it, Now! Guess you're really a coward after all." Draco's laughs are clearly heard that silent night.
"Ron! Don't do it." Hermione begged Ron not to do so.
"C'mon Wealey! Let's see what you've got." Draco challenged Ron. A moment of silence broke out between the three then suddenly a glimmering red light hit somebody, it was Draco, Ron did do it… He hexed Draco.
Hermione's voice surfaced as she came rushing towards him, Draco. She leaned down to Draco seeing if he's okay after that charm thing Ron had cast.
"Are you alright Malfoy?" Hermione asked Draco. "I'm fine! What you need to worry about here is your friend!" He answered teasingly. Ron's face envelops a look of confusion as if he doesn't know what to do or what to think.
"He really did it, damn!" Draco wailed from the excruciating pain he received from the hex done by Ron.
"Let me take a look at it." Hermione insisted to help but Draco looks like he doesn't need any aid especially coming from her, Hermione.
"What's this all about?" Ron said, confused.
"Ron why did you do it? Why did you curse Malfoy?." She said plainly. "Ron! Don't turn your back on me. I just want to explain everything. It's not what you seem to think it is. Ron!" Hermione exclaimed as she tried to reach Ron who is walking away from her.
"Doesn't LOOK like what it seems? Then what is this all about? That you're just playing me around like one of your dumb toys! Is that it? 'Cause my head can't think positively right now. You know what? All that I know is that your flirting with Draco Malfoy and that you've turned your back on us. That, that Malfoy had bought you that's why you're so god damn good with him! Am I Right? Huh? Granger! And…"
"And what else Ron? That I am an untrustworthy friend of yours and that since from the beginning I really deserve no one as friend, or should I say, I don't deserve you and Harry and Ginny as my friend? Is that what you're going to say?" Hermione's hurt to what Ron has said to her, she just wanted to explain that's all but Ron takes it so seriously.
"Is… Is that what you think about me? Behind all the years we've been friends, is that how you think I am?" said Hermione with tears falling down from her cheeks. "You still really don't know me, don't you Ron?"
Hermione ran as fast as she could, far away from Ron.
"I guess your caring stuff didn't work out, huh Weasel?" said Draco hoarsely.
Ron gave Draco a scowl for an answer before he backed out of him.
"Hermione, what's wrong?" Ginny asked quizzically. Hermione didn't seem to be in the mood to have a talk about what happened.
"Alright, just stay here in my room for tonight. You seem totally upset!" comforted Ginny.
Instead of Hermione staying in the common room specially made for the Head Boy and Head Girl, she just spent her whole night in Ginny's room, crying.
"He's so mean!" Hermione said still not stopping from crying.
"Maybe he was just so worried about you." Ginny answered haughtily.
"Worried? Is that how he defines worrying? Screaming at me saying I… I am some hooker?" Hermione chided as she wiped her tears.
"He did not!" said Ginny surprisingly.
"He didn't exactly say that I am a hooker... But… but that was what he meant to say!" Hermione yelled out aloud.
"Calm down 'Mione, calm down… stop crying. Everything would soon be okay. I'll talk to him and see what I can do, just sleep it all out tonight." Said Ginny, a bit worried.
The whole night was quiet and calm. You can easily hear even the tiniest noise that night. Everyone's fast asleep except for Harry and Ron, still awake and having some serious discussions.
"You should've first listened to her. Maybe it wasn't really what you think it is, Ron" Harry tried to explain.
"But if you would have seen it!" Ron took a deep breath. "I don't know what else to think Harry… I don't know…" He added.
"Look Ron, what you've said to 'Mione's not right… it's never been right." Harry said problematically.
"I know! I know! Just help me out okay? What do I do now? She's totally mad at me…" said Ron as he sits down on the couch. "I really didn't mean it at all; I never meant what I said. I was just… so worried about her, seeing that she was in Malfoy's arms. I thought that Malfoy's doing something with Hermione and…"
"And you freaked out?" continued Harry.
"Alright! Alright! I Freaked-Out." Ron admitted.
There was a moment of silence before Harry stood and asked Ron, "So, what do you plan to do?"
"Apologize." Ron said looking at Harry.
"You should be!" added Harry.
Two days have passed and Ron still hasn't apologized to Hermione. And for those days, doing her job as Head Girl is being affected. Hermione didn't even try to talk to Ron, not even to look at him. She didn't even bother even if they're sharing the same room, she just… does what she has to and pretend Ron wasn't even there. Ron on the other hand, is trying his best to apologize to Hermione, but every time he tries, he was just being ignored.
It's again nighttime, the Head Boy and the Head Girl will have to make their rounds, together yet again.
"Hermione…" Ron said in hushed tone. "Hermione…" He repeated, but Hermione didn't even bother she keeps on walking, just doing her job and nothing more.
"Hermione…" There goes Ron again. "Hermione…" Ron said all over again, for the nth time until Hermione got really pissed off, "What? What? WHAT?" Hermione shouted.
"Hermione, I just want to apologize… I'm really sorry for being such a crap. I--- I didn't mean to say those to you. I mean, that wasn't what I really wanted to… uhm… say. I was just so god damn worried about you. Who wouldn't? You-You're with Malfoy and… and I was just so concerned about you." apologized Ron. "I'm so sorry! Please forgive me 'Mione…"
"Tell me Ron, did all those things you said about me are…"
"True? No Hermione it's just that… I thought that you and Malfoy are doing something… bad."
"Well you could've first listen to me before you did all those foolish things. Then maybe all these things would've happened. If it wasn't because of you being so childish we wouldn't at least be in this kind of situation!" Hermione reprimanded Ron.
"I know, Harry said the same thing. I should've… listen to you. I'm really, really sorry 'Mione. I don't know what else to do just for you to accept my apology. I'm so sorry!" Ron mean what he say, you could see it through his eyes.
"Alright, Friends?" she asked putting a little smile on her face.
"'Mione…" Ron hugged Hermione ever so tightly as if he doesn't want Hermione to go ever again. "Friends…" He added, smiling.
Hermione and Ron were cut off by a sudden noise coming from the library.
"What was that?" She said curiously. "I don't know. Seems like it's coming from the library." Ron shrugged. "Let's go check it out." He signaled.
The two hurried to the library to catch whoever was in there. As soon as they reached the library, they quietly scanned the whole library to see what had happened.
"Ron, we should separate or else it would take too much of our time. You head towards the east, to where the library tables are, I'll head towards the restricted area. C'mon." Hermione instructed Ron. "Okay!" He said in reply.
Ron started checking shelf by shelf as quietly as possible. Hermione started checking as well. She directly went to the restricted area to check if there's any student trying to get in.
"Hermione…" a voice called out. Hermione hastily look on her left side to see who was calling her and to her surprise she found something, something lying on the ground… a book.
"The Elementals." Hermione read the title of the book from the front page.
"Hermione…" the voice called out once again, this time Hermione was sure it wasn't Ron. She stood up and continuously looked to her side again and again as the voice continuously called out to her.
"Hermione…" It called out. Hermione could feel that the voice was whispering right through her ears but how come there was no one behind her? She could hear it circling her, the voice, calling her name. She could clearly hear it was calling her name, but who is it? Why? You could hear her trembling breathing,
"Who-Who are… you?" She whispered shakily, but the voice just continuously called out her name, all over again. Her vision's blurring out, she was dizzy, and she fell on her knees, dropped on the cold floor…
"Hermione!" Somebody called out. No it's not the icy voice calling her, it was Ron. Hermione was still conscious but the nausea she was feeling was enveloping her bit by bit, but before it ever did a voice whispered in her ear saying a language she could not understand... "Itma Neaouvorre ty souiste..." it said.
Then she passed out.
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A/N: So finally here's my chapter 4… There you guys have it. My Head Boy isn't Draco, it's Ron! Hehehe… and about that silly language you will surely know what that means if you keep on reading this story. You will also know why I entitled it 'Ethereal Whisper', soon enough you'll figure all that out! So… Whaddya guyz think about this chappie? Good? Not so good? Well. Please, please read and review! I really need those comments and reactions… I mean I'm a writer so I need to know how my story goes so far.
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