Chapter five
The sky outside began to darken as the five people were still gathered around the chosen ones bed. The hours silence still going on but for the quite snores and occassional shuffle of clothes as the younger three of the five turned in their sleep on two of the spare beds. The girls on the one closest to Harry, Ginny with her head layed on Hermionies shoulder and Hermionies arms wrapped around Ginnys. Whilst Ron curled up in a ball on the bed opposite. The only two that weren't asleep sat in silence, the woman's wand pointing towards the defenseless man for she had disarmed him earlier. Snape repositioned himself in his chair hoping to get comfortable and to finally give in to the sleep he spent hours fighting. "Molly is this really nessassary." Said Snape breaking the awkward silence and spreading his arms out wide. A loud snore issued from Rons mouth as he turned "spider... spider nooo" whimpered Ron and a silent snore told them he had fallen back to sleep. Snape removed his eyes from Ron and placed them back on Mrs Weasley deep brown eyes. Her cheeks turning an even brighter pink stared back at Snape in hatred.
"What?" She snarled turning her eyes away briefly to look at Harry and tears welled up before she took a deep breath and held them down. After a few more deep breaths she stood from her seat on the girls bed and stood before Snape pointing her wand an inch away from his greasy pointed nose. "What Snape holding you here? For allowing you to live when you distroyed Harrys life? How could you as if the poorboy hadn't been through enough already." Sniffed Mrs Weasley an anger tear welling up in her eye. Snape just looked on and briefly took a look at the wand inches from his face making him go cross-eyed for a while.
"I mean't the whole staying awake to make sure I don't run thing. I'm not going anywhere Molly, Harry deserves answers and I'm the only one who can give him them. So why don't you just lay down and rest, get some sleep we're all still going to be here in the morning as Harry's in no fit state to move and whilst he's here so am I. I know you've been fighting sleep just as much as I." Snape whispered rearranging his cloak to cover his body and laying his head gently on the head of the chair. Molly stepped from foot to foot trying to decide what to do, did she trust him and get some needed sleep or did she stay awake to make sure he stayed. Her family needed her and being awake all night would't help them much as she got awfully angry when she we tired. She was exausted and she did need to be 100% if Harry, when Harry she corrected herself, as she couldn't face him not ever waking up again, wakes up he would need her.
"Fine Snape but put one toe out of line and i will hear i am a very light sleeper you know." She yawned and settled in the seat on Harry's over side and rearranged her cloak to cover herself too and immediatly another soft snore filled overwise silent room as she fell asleep. Snape gave a little snide smile and closed his eyes and soon all the occupants were asleep.
Day light broke through the clouds as the morning sun rose once again and settled just over the tall buildings of London. The first occupants of the room began to stir and yawned away the sleep that lingered in the air. Ginny turned her eyes towards the one she loved wishing for him to wake only when he didn't she gently stretch her arms and legs and made her way off the bed to stand on her two feet flinching slightly as the cold floor touched the soles of her feet. She gently pulled her red hair from her face and tied it into a neat ponytail at the back of her head. Silently she crept over to Harry's bed and took the seat next to him placing his hand in hers.
"Harry I don't know if you can hear me or not but you need to wake up, we need you Harry we need your optimisim and you alway save others why can't you save yourself. Come on save your self Harry, save yourself." She cried laying her head down onto his hand pressing her lips gently to the back of his hand. She stayed like this for 5 minutes before she lifted her head and place a gentle kiss upon his forehead and placed her hand on his cheek as she said "I love you Harry James Potter i need you please come back to me." This time she placed a gentle kiss to his lips and pulled away a minute later to glance at his face. Slowly she backed away a tear making it's way down her face and turned to make her way to The bed opposite where her brother lay.
"Ron are you awake?" Asked Ginny silently above his head. After giving him a little shake he responded. "Urgh just one more minute please just one more minute mum" he said with a little grunt and turned away from her swatting his hand like he was trying to get rid of a fly. "Ginny it's ok just leave him to sleep he'll wake up soon." Whispered Hermione sitting up in the bed and patted the space next to her for Ginny to sit in. Hermionies bushy hair had fallen lose from the bobble she put it in before she had fallen asleep.
"I know but i wish Harry would, Hermione what if he wont ever wake up again i dont think i could bear losing him not now when we can finally be together." Ginny started to cry again and slowly wiped a tear that rolled down her face and looked up at the one who usually had an answer to everything. She walked cautiously walked back to the bed she slept in and sat where Hermione had indicated and brought her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around herself trying to stop the trembles erupting from her body.
"I know Ginny i hope so too, but we just have to stay strong for him, he wouldn't want us to be like this." Comforted Hermione wrapping an arm around Ginnys shoulder and stroked the hairs that escaped from the bobble behind her ear.
"But Harry was all about saving people and the one time he needed saving we failed him." She gave out a little sob and hid her head into Hermionies shoulder. A tear escaped from Hermionies eye and landed in her lap as she hushed Ginny into silence before she continued.
"I know Ginny, I know." Was all she replied and they both cried in each others arms trying to comfort each other. They cryed and cryed until all their tears were gone and just sat back thinking of all the great memories that they had of Harry.
"He'll be alright this is Harry we're talking about, Harry never stops fighting remember he was the one to defeat you know who and nearly died trying remember in our first and second year and their was the time when he nearly died trying to bring back Cedrics Digorys body. He will pull through this Ginny, he just has too, he can't do all of that and then end up dying because of a coward like Snape." Said Ron raising from his position on the bed and making his way to sit on the end of the girls bed and crossing his legs. The two girls stared at him in surprise of being heard when they thought everyone was asleep.
"Yeah your right Ron he never did give up so why should he start now." Said Hermione wiping her eyes and sitting up a little straighter. She pulled out her bobble then slowly and carefully put her hair back into a messy ponytail then settle back down on the pillow and placed her arms in her lap.
"Yeah I usually am." Laughed Ron making the girls join in. He turned to look at Harry and it brought back all of the memories they had.
"Remember the time when Harry gave his felix felicis up in order to protect us beacuse he knew something bad was going to happen. He had a nack for that didn't he ha always knew when something was going to happen remember in first year when he knew Snape was going to go after the stone that day." Ron said staring expectantly at Hermione.
"But it was professor Quirrel under the influence of Voldemort that tried to steal the stone Ron not Snape." Ron and Ginny flinched at the sound of the dark lords name. "You know Voldemort can't hurt us anymore so whats using his name going to do?" Hermione asked looking at the two waiting for an answer.
"Yeah i know it was Quirrel so Harry got mixed up as to who but Snape alway was the type to go do something like that anyone would of expected him." Said Ron ignoring Hermiones question. He scratched his head and turned to look a Harry and suddenly a realisation kicked in.
"Where's Snape?" Cried Ron leaping from the bed and spinning around trying to look at every bit of the dull lit room in search for Snape but coming up empty. He made his way to the end bed and pulled back the curtain but again no sign of Snape. Running he poked his head out the door and looked down the empty corridor. Gently closing the door behind him not wanting to disturb Harry he ran back toward the seat where Mrs Wealsey sat silently sleeping.
"Mum, mum wake up where's Snape?" Said Ron roughly shaking his mum willing her to realise his urgency. Her eyes fluttered as she took in the shape of her youngest son's urgent face.
"What... whats the matter... Ron what's the matter wheres Ginny is she okay? What about Harry and Hermione?" muttered Molly turning to look at the others and sighing in relief when she found them staring back at her healthy and Harry sound asleep in his bed. A quiet moan escaped Harrys lips as he turned in his bed ruffling the covers and causing them to slip a little. Ginny hopped from her bed and wrapped him back up in the warm blankets feeling she needed to do something to help him revive even if it was just keeping him warm in the mean time.
"No mum everyone's fine it's Snape he's gone." Cried Ron willing his mum to realise what he was saying. Mrs Weasley blinked a few times until realisation settled in her eyes widened as she scanned the room for the dark eyes but came up empty.
"Snapes gone?" Asked Mrs Weasly Asking for Ron to comfirm what she thought she heard him say.
"Yes mum Snapes gone he's not here." Said Ron anger rising to his red cheeks. She couldn't believe it he lied, she left him to sleep and he lied, he left and ran away even after everything he said last night about not leaving aslond as Harry remained here. She trusted him and he just manipulated her into believing him just like he did Dumbledore. Suddenly the urgency of the situation took hold and she couldn't believe she had waisted so long he could be any where by now. Ron just stared at his mother in aggitation waiting for her to respond but her eyes stared at the wall behind him as she thought.
"Nooo we've got to find him. Send for your father Ron, and Bill, Charlie too we've got to find him." Cried Mrs Weasley jumping from her seat and ready for action. Ron jumped as she shouted her instructions at him and stepped aside as Mrs Weasley pushed past him to get to the double doors to peer down the corridors then to look out the window to see no sign of Snape anywhere.
"Right Ronald why are you still here? He could be anywhere by now. Right we need to get a search party out he cant't get away we need to find him." Cried Mrs Weasley pacing up and down the room in front of Harrys bed with her hands held together behind her back. All the while Ginnys eyes never wavered from Harrys peaceful face.
"Find who?" Said a voice entering the room leaving the swinging doors behind him. Snape had returned.
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