Just so you know, this is in Ron's perpective. . . read and enjoy!

CHAPTER TWO: Slam on your face

Ron Weasley sat laughing with his family in their living room. A fluffy pastry in one hand, the other flung over the side of the old worn sofa that his mum loved so much. Enough to ground him for a month when he was seven for spilling juice on it. He glanced over at Hermione, who was talking to his fiery little sister, Ginny. Both girls giggled and glanced over at Harry, who sat next to him.

The atmosphere was very bright despite the fact that George had his ear blown off last night and Mad-Eye was dead. Harry blamed himself. Ron scarfed down another pastry, laughing as his two brothers monkeyed around with each other. He vaguely wondered what Hermione thought of his new hair cut. He looked over at her again, finding her staring right at him. Hermione blushed and looked away. Ron grinned as Harry snorted next to him.

"Smooth. ." he muttered with amusement.

"I don't know what you're talkin' 'bout," Ron told him indifferently. They fell into silence before Harry spoke once more. His voice low and not wanting the others to hear.

"Do you still think about her?" he asked. Ron frowned.

"Who?"

"Ev, who else?" Harry replied. "You don't ever wonder where she is?"

"Harry, one day she was in her bed, the next missing. Who bloody hell knows what happened to her."

"I sent her a letter, I wonder if she got it. . . . ."

"I doubt it," said Ron. "No one knows where she is."

"I sent it to her home."

Ron shrugged and turned away. Busying himself with another pastry. His mum gave him a sharp look, as if to say, 'stop eating so much'. He silently ate the pastry, listening to his brothers. Bill sat on the love seat with his fiancé. Fleur.

Ron sighed dreamily. But that was a lost cause. She would be his sister-in-law tomorrow.

A sudden knock on the door caused the conversation to stop. Ron looked up and his mum gave him a jerking head nod. He had to get the door. Groaning with impatience, he went to the door. He opened it with a sour expression and stopped dead.

Evangeline stood before him, soaking wet.

He slammed the door shut. Taking a deep breath he looked back at his family who waited expectantly.

"Whose there?" asked his Mum.

"Ev!" he hissed. Everyone sat in silence until his mother stood up.

"Well, let her in!" she snapped. Ron grumbled angrily when she yelled at him, his face growing red with embarrassment. Hermione was right there!

He swung open the door and glared at Evangeline. She tilted her head to the side as if wondering, 'what crawled up his butt and died?' This was exactly was she was thinking.

"Hey, Ron," she said. Her voice was hoarse and gravelly. As if she hadn't been speaking often or in a while. She gave a surprised look. She must've realized how bad it sounded too.

"Hey. . ." he said. Unsure of what to say. He noticed that she was soaking wet, and that it was indeed not raining out. His curiosity grew. "You better get inside, why are you all wet?"

"Long story," she sniffed, and then sneezed. Ron hastily held the door open and allowed her sopping wet body in. When she entered the living room she glanced around nervously. His mum jumped to her feet and swept Evangeline into a bone crushing hug. Everyone sat with their mouths open. Harry looked shocked beyond belief.

"Oh, my dear! It's good to see you. . . why are you all wet?" his mum said rapidly.

"Can't. . . . breathe!" coughed Evangeline. His mother realized how tightly she was holding onto Evangeline and let go. Evangeline rubbed her chest and tugged at her soaked turtle neck shirt. Ron noticed angry red lines along her neck. Scars from Fenrir.

"Long story," she finally managed. Hermione stood with tears in her beautiful brown eyes.

"We thought something horrible happened when we found your bed empty," Hermione told Evangeline severely. "What happened? No note?"

Evangeline shifted her weight from one foot to the other uncomfortably. The silence dragged out and Hermione tapped her foot impatiently. Ron was reminded of how temperamental the witch could be. "Well?"

"I need to sit down," Evangeline said faintly. His mum happily obliged, pushing her down on their sofa. Evangeline looked around nervously. Ron thought she looked like a drowned rat, soaked to the bone. Everyone gave her an expectant look. Taking a deep breathe she began to speak.

"When I woke, I was alone," she began. "I couldn't remember how I'd gotten where I was, or who I was." Hermione gasped. "As I lay there it all slowly came back to me. . . that night." Her voice grew softer as she seemed to recall what happened the night Dumbledore died. Harry had told him that she was there and watched the whole thing happen. "I remember lots of pain, and screaming. I remember everything now."

Evangeline paused and looked at them all. Whipping a rogue lock of raven colored hair out of her face she continued.

"My father came, and took me away, I was very unhappy. Over the summer, at Hilbury Manor, I was confined to my room. I was not allowed out without a chaperon. My father placed wards on the house to keep me in. I took to decorating my room almost everyday in boredom." She gave a small humorless laugh. "Eventually I had given up on the thought of you all. I had received no letters. But then Harry owled me." Evangeline pulled a piece of parchment from her wet bag, it looked worn and well read. Harry had a smug look on his face.

"You can't imagine how excited I was, I showed Jason and he let me out. I had to make a run for it, climb over the gates and apparate here."

"You had to escape?" Harry asked with a frown.

"My father didn't want to let me come back, he was upset at what happened."

"You came here without permission?" asked Ron's father. Evangeline gave him a sheepish look. His father nodded, "Ah."

Ginny placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"We're glad you're here, Ev. Sorry we didn't write sooner."

"Yeah," said Fred and George together. "We'd have owled you to get those exploding potions everyone talks about." Evangeline gave the twins an odd look before shock flitted across her face. She noticed Georges missing ear. Fred grinned as he noticed this.

"Georgie, got hit with a curse, getting Harry over here. Now he's holey." Evangeline gave the twins a blank look and Ron rolled his eyes remembering those to be the same words George first spoke after losing his ear. But then, Evangeline began to laugh as she suddenly understood the joke. But her laugh turned into a coughing fit, where Ginny patted her on the back.

"You alright?" asked Hermione.

"Fine," Evangeline responded weakly. "I sometimes forget my injuries, don't worry." Ginny and Hermione shared a knowing look that showed they did not believe her. Ron's anger flared. Evangeline goes missing for two months and that's all she had to say? 'Don't worry'? He couldn't help what came out of his mouth next.

"Well, at least you'll be gone by tomorrow evening," he told her in a snarky voice. Hermione shot him an annoyed glare. He felt bad then, but only at Hermione's look. His mum slapped him on the back of the head and gave him the, 'don't say anything if you've got nothing nice to say', talk. Again.

"Evangeline is a welcomed guest, Ronald," she snapped. "Don't make me make you de-knome the garden again." He huffed and shot Evangeline a disgusted look before stomping up the stairs at his mum's command. He didn't trust Evangeline. There was a look in her eyes, something was not right with her. There was no fire, no smart comments.

She didn't look well either. Something happened the night Dumbledore died, and he was going to find out.

A floor below, Evangeline got ready for bed, now dried off and healed from her apparating mishap. She stared out Ginny's window, lost in thought. The main and most important, Where was Draco? She fervently hoped that he was alright, and also wondered if he ever thought of her. . .

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To everyone, I think I'm going to try something new. I'll be putting each chapter in a different perspective, depending on where the story is going. So as you can see this one was Ron's perspective.

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