Chapter 13: The Tale of Two Ronalds
"Potter."
"What do you want Malfoy?" Harry answered, gritting his teeth and holding Ginny's hand tighter
"Can I have a word?"
"Yah. Piss off."
Draco rolled his eyes, why did Potter always have to make the simplest things hard? Harry had stopped walking and had turned to face him, one arm clenched at his side in a fist and the other holding Ginny Weasley's hand. She glared at him angrily, biting her bottom lip as if to prevent herself from biting his head off.
Draco grabbed Harry by the crook of his elbow and pulled him, and Ginny, into the entrance of a hidden corridor that was concealed by a tapestry.
"Look. I don't give a shit about Granger, but if you two still give even the smallest shit about her you'll go down to the Quiddich pitch tonight at 9 tonight and stop her."
Harry wrinkled his forehead, "what are you talking about?"
"Are you threatening Hermione?" Ginny growled, her free hand inching towards her wand
"No Weaselette I'm not. I'm not even gonna be there…but from what I've overheard if Hermione goes down there tonight she's going to be in real trouble so I suggest that you two go down there too and help her out if she gets into trouble"
"What's in this for you? Why are you helping us?"
"Hey, I'm merely passing the responsibility on to you…now that you know Hermione's in danger I don't have to step in. Oh and don't bother asking Weasel to go with you…he uh, won't want to"
"Whatever Malfoy"
Draco smirked, "down to you again Potter, will you go save her?" and with that Draco pulled back the tapestry roughly and strut down the corridor.
"What do you think?" Ginny asked Harry nervously
"I- I don't know…" Harry said cautiously
"It's not like we've even so much as talked to Hermione in the past months"
"That doesn't change the fact that she was our friend, and a fellow Gryffindor and Dumbledore supporter"
"So, you think we should see what this is all about"
"Well…if Draco sodding Malfoy warned us about it then it must be pretty serious"
Ginny nodded in reluctant agreement and squeezed his hand, "what about Ron"
Harry thought about that for a moment, "maybe it isn't the best idea to involve Ron…especially considering Hermione and Ron's past together"
"Yah I suppose you're right"
They stood there in silence for a moment, still holding hands.
"We better get to class…" Ginny whispered
"Yah, alright" Harry bent down and kissed Ginny quickly, "I'll see you at dinner and then we'll go down to the pitch together.
Ginny nodded and then they both pulled back the tapestry, gave one final squeeze of each other's hands and let go to walk down the hallway with both their minds buzzing.
What could be so serious that even Draco Malfoy was warning them about it?
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Hermione paced nervously around the pitch. It was 8:15… he should be here any minute. She gulped.
Get a grip Hermione, calm down. You're better at magic than he is; you're cleverer, quicker, and prettier.
She smiled to herself.
They had a plan, and it was going to work. Draco hadn't wanted her to do this part, he said it was too dangerous but she had insisted. She needed to tell Ron what he had done to her, she needed to see his face when she cursed him…and she knew perfectly well that despite his claims to the contrary that Draco was probably hiding in the bleachers somewhere ready to jump out just in case.
She took a deep breath and looked up at the stars, twinkling innocently down on her. This morning she wanted to kills him, a few weeks ago she could have sworn that it didn't really happen (it was just a nightmare), few months ago she knew that he was only doing what he did because he loved her and last year she thought she loved him.
She thought of Draco, crouching in the stands and ready to jump out to save her, and smiled. She knew who she loved now…
"Hermione!" came a bark from the other side of the pitch
Hermione spun around and could see yards away that a red-headed man was entering the pitch.
"Come Here!" He ordered and she obliged, walking calmly towards him…this would be the last time she would follow his orders
Gripping her concealed wand nervously, Hermione tried to walk with purpose as she approached him. He looked so smug, standing there with his arms folded as if he had won.
She reached him and stopped a few feet away, "I said come HERE" he growled
"No" Hermione replied simply
"What." Ron stated, "Didn't you hear me Hermione?"
"I'm never going to let you control me again Ronald Weasley, and I'm going to make sure you'll never be able to control anyone else ever again"
Ron let out a harsh laugh, "oh yah? And how exactly are you going stop me" he said, moving towards her
"Don't touch me!" but he had already reached out and grabbed a fistful of her hair. She let out a shriek, "Ron! No please! Don't!"
"That's right Hermione, scream for me" his voice was like ice, it pierced her and suddenly she was back at the lake
"Ron! No please! Don't!"
He ripped her straps and pulled down the top of her dress grabbing her with his hot hands. She struggled against him; no not like this…she couldn't have it be like this. He pinned her arms and moved his head down to her breast and bit her nipple as hard as he could.
But no, she was here… in the quiddich pitch and she had control, she could stop him
Hermione screams in pain and kicked out at him but he was too strong, she couldn't fight it, out of control. He pushed up her dress, ripped off her panties and with one swift movement he was un-zipped and in her. She cried out as the pain cut her deeper than merely physical. He moved against her and began thrusting, his hot breath on her skin.
No stop, she was stronger than that. She felt Ron pull her by her hair, yanking her face up to kiss him
Hermione tried not to feel it, to shut it out. With each thrust he moaned more loudly. She gave up trying to struggle and just lay there as he used her, silently crying.
She wouldn't let this happen again, she could feel her wand.
"REDUCTO!"
Ron was blasted backwards and landed on his back with a thump, yards away in the center of the pitch. He looked up at her, startled and winded by his fall, and opened his mouth the scream at her but Hermione cut him off
"YOU WILL NEVER TALK TO ME AGAIN. YOU WILL NEVER LOOK AT ME AGAIN. YOU WILL NEVER TOUCH ME AGAIN!" She screamed at him her wand pointing at him
Ron was lost for words, and was that…was that fear in his eyes?
"IF YOU EVER COME NEAR ME OR IF I SEE YOU NEAR ANY OTHER GIRL IN THIS SCHOOL I WILL REPORT YOUR SORRY PALE ASS"
"h- How?" he choked out, "you have no proof"
"I may not, but a few drops of Veriteserum will have you spilling the proof to the headmaster" she growled
He looked frightened then, he hadn't thought of that. Hermione gripped her wand and wanted to curse him, wanted him to feel the pain she had felt.
She could say it, she knew she wanted him to hurt enough to say it, "CR-" no…said a little voice in the back of her head, you're better than that. You're better than him.
"Incarserus" she hissed and ropes flew out of her wand and bound Ron where he was sitting and then, "stupefy" and Ron slumped over, unconscious.
"Well done" whispered someone from behind her, she turned around and her eyes met Draco's
There was such warmth and sympathy in those eyes. Hermione melted on the spot; she let her guard down and burst into tears.
"Hey…hey...shhh" He said, wrapping his arms protectively around her and kissing her forhead, "you're alright…it ok, it's over"
"it's over" she whispered, tears pouring down her face as she leant into Draco, smelling his soap and feeling the soft material of his shirt against her face.
They stood there for a minute, silent. The stars shone down upon them, bright as ever.
"Come on…" he whispered in her ear, "we have a plan to stick to"
She smiled up at him, her cheeks still wet, "I love you"
"I love you too"
Draco pointed his wand at Ron's unconscious bulk and said, "windgardium leviosa"
Ron rose into the air and hovered there, Draco then began to walk to the Quiddich locker rooms and the hovering Ron followed
Once there, Draco dropped him carelessly to the floor with a thump. Hermione reached over and pulled out a few of his hairs and handed them to Draco who was pulling out a vial from his robes
"What if they don't come" Hermione whispered nervously
"They will"
"How do you know?"
Draco smirked "they're Gryffindor…always predictable"
"Quick add the hairs" she said, "We're lucky that Snape had some potion in his private stores
Draco dropped the hairs into the polyjuice potion and watched turn to thick sticky maroon colored potion
"Bottoms up" he said and he took a big gulp, his grin turned into a grimace as he held his hand to his mouth to keep from retching
Draco's body was bubbling; he looked down at his hands, changing shape before him. He was getting paler, he had tons of freckles. A stab of pain made him double over but as quickly as it had came, it had gone. He walked over to a mirror and saw Ron Weasely's face staring right back at him.
He looked back to Hermione, who was a little taken aback when he reached out to her. Draco grinned, "So, you said in your second year you turned into a pussy cat" he purred in her ear
She giggled, but pulled away from him, "I better get out there, it's almost 9… you should switch robes with Ron and come out a few minutes after 9"
"Alright pussy cat"
She rolled her eyes, unable to contain her smile, and ran out of the room back towards the pitch.
Taking a deep breath she sat down on a bench, waiting for Draco, trying desperately to wipe that smile off her face…she was going to need to turn on the waterworks pretty soon
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Harry crept along behind the stands unseen, Ginny close behind him. All he could see was Hermione sitting alone on the side of the pitch.
He didn't know whether he should go out to her or not, she looked nervous. If she did have an attacker though he didn't want to reveal himself and Ginny too quickly and so he decided to sit tight for the minute.
They crouched in silence, watching…waiting.
It felt like an hour and Harry was just debating again about coming out when he saw some movement up ahead by the locker rooms.
He crouched down lower and felt Ginny beside him do the same. His muscles tensed, his hand gripping his want…
Then he saw the red hair and relaxed as he saw Ron enter the pitch too. So Ron had decided to bury the hatchet and come out to help…very Nobel of him- but no…something was wrong.
Hermione was shouting at him, and Ron was angry…gesticulating widely.
Harry and Ginny crept along the edge of the stand to get into hearing range.
"You know what you did! Admit it!"
"Fine Hermione! I fucking raped you! Happy? Well it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference"
Raped? Harry thought, confused
"I hate you, get away from me" Hermione shot a curse at Ron, which Ron blocked with surprising skill
"You have no proof" Ron taunted, "I turned all your friends against you, even Harry…you have no one to go to and no one to trust" he jeered
"Leave me alone" Hermione cried, tears falling from her eyes
"Not until I have you one more time… impedimenta!" Ron cried
Hermione froze and Ron walked lazily over to her
"Ron…please…don't" Hermione sobbed, still frozen, but Ron reached down and ripped open her shirt
He couldn't watch this anymore, his best friend…the one he had trusted, betraying them all.
"Expelliarmus!" Harry cried and jumped out, his curse hitting Ron to send Ron's wand sailing into the air for Ginny to catch.
Ron looks stumped and looked around stupidly, his mouth hanging open, "wh…what?"
Harry held his own wand, holding it steadily pointed at Ron's chest, "how could you?" he whispered
"She's a bitch" Ron growled, "She deserves it"
Hermione was on the ground crying, her face in her hands, Ginny rushed over and threw an arm around her…helping her to her feet. Ginny couldn't even look at her brother, she felt sick.
"you stay away from her" Harry snarled, "we're all the proof she need to land you into a cell in Azkaban" and with that Harry lowered his wand and threw an arm around Hermione's waist, helping her walk with Ginny on the other side back to the castle.
Hermione walked with them, her hands over her face…but more to hide her smile then to catch her tears
Draco sat down on the grass and stared up at the stars, waiting to turn back into his attractive self.
He laughed to himself. It felt kind of good to be on the side of righteousness.
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A/N: Hello my lovely readers! I'm sorry it's been a while since my last update…I've just been soooo busy and I have some bad news
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