Because Of Ron Keeperoliver Chapter Eighteen

When the three of them woke up the next morning, Hermione was surprised to find a copy of the Prophet laying on the table. She walked to the table and read it since Harry and Ginny used the Loo, doing who knows what. She didn't even have to open it up to see that what they saw yesterday was described in the magical paper today. Voldemort and his team raided a village and hit this home, but were chased off by local wizards who took a stand against them. No one else was hurt.

The local paper sent a copy of the story to the Times and thus the headline. But if they already knew what happened, then how was it a mystery for the three to solve?

When Harry and Ginny made it back to her, she told them and didn't get much of a response from them. Frustrated, she closed the paper and threw it in the fire of the floo and went and took care of her business and Harry and Ginny sat down and continued what they started in the Loo. Nothing hot, but very touching, as Harry was gently kissing her and just holding her as if afraid to let her go.

Hermione was done in no time and they all left and went down for breakfast. When they got there, Dudley was waiting for them and when he saw them he got up and started up, "Where the heck have you three been. I looked for you last night, then again this morning."

Harry came back with, "Hermione was bored and wanted to do as we did in the past, and try to solve a mystery. We got one, but this morning, it was solved for us by the Ministry. She was not too happy about this. Ginny and I just felt that maybe we aren't really needed anymore. It would be different for a change. Not having to look around corners before entering a new hall way. Looking behind our back to make sure we are not being followed. Hermione misses that, while I am glad to be rid of it."

"UHHH Hermione, that's just weird. Who wants to look for trouble? Didn't you have enough in your first five years? Harry said last year was his most comfortable."

"Dudley, your first five years were chasing Harry. Did it feel like you lost something when you stopped?"

Probably not the right thing to ask him as Dudley look ashamed of what he had for a response, "Ya Hermione, I did feel I lost something, and I loved it. I felt the hate I had for Harry disappear and a new found bond with him. What he did for me, was more than I deserved."

"I'm sorry Dudley, I didn't mean to bring that up." Hermione replied, sullenly.

"No, I deserve it every time someone brings it up. Harry never tried to use his magic on me and my friends, and we continued to berate, chase and taunt him, and when we caught him, he never fought back. That should have shown me he was different and that I was taking advantage of it."

Ginny wanted to get away from all this sad stuff so she asked, "Hey Harry, Dudley, you want to go flying?"

Dudley got a gleem in his eye and lost it when Harry said, "Dudley can't go flying until he has his first lesson Gin. You forget he is just a firstie."

"I know, but I had to get off all that I'm sorry, no I'm sorry stuff. This is a weekend and I don't want to cry for the entire two days."

Now every one was down for breakfast and Lavender joined Dudley at the table and Dean, Parvatti, Seamus, Neville, Hannah and Susan joined them for the meal. After the meal was over, they went outside to enjoy one of the few remaining good days left before the cold and the snow set in.

Dudley got his first look at the giant squid and watched as the students threw food for it to catch and shove in it's beak like mouth.

Dudley was enjoying his year so much, he wished it would slow down as it was going by too fast. Every day brought a new experience. His abilities to do wordless magic never got beyond the easier spells, but his work with calling out spells was getting stronger. He wasn't near the top in his class, but he never thought he would get as far as he had. The Professors even told him how proud they were of him, including Professor Snape, who wasn't use to giving out compliments.

Dudley was just thinking how much he owed to Harry when he was approached by him and Ginny, "Dudley, could you come with us please, we have something to ask you?"

Dudley walked with them to an unused classroom and they sat down, "Dudley, how would you like to help Ginny and I give Hermione a special birthday present?"

"How can I help? It's not like I have a lot of money."

"No, you won't need money for this, we just want you to go along with everything we say. Ginny got hold of the twins, and they love the idea. We want to create a mytery for her to solve as she misses what we did in our first six years. The mystery will end on her birthday which will be a surprise party for her."

"What kind of a mystery are we talking about? She is pretty smart and may see through your plans."

"Don't we know it, that's why we need your help, to persuade her into thinking it is something she would like to solve."

"You still didn't tell me what kind of a mystery it is."

"Well, we think it should be something about finding something hidden in the castle that needs to be found in order to prevent a certain event from happening, like a kidnapping or a theft of a valuable item."

"If you ask me, it should be a theft so we wouldn't get someone involved that could spoil the surprise."

"We were thinking along the same line, but we wanted a second opinion on it, so you will help us then?"

"You didn't have to ask me, I would have gone along with you. It's something I wanted to do as well. I mean have an adventure like you did. Even if we have to create it to have one."

Ginny took over from there, "Good, so here is what we are planning. Harry asked Professor Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall to help out as well. If the Professors are involved it gives it more credit. The twins will be using some of their better pranks to set up a situation the day before her birthday, where a message will appear over the Professors table announcing a threat to the school. Believe it or not, Harry thinks the Chamber would be the best place for it to take place as the ROR has been used too much this past year. It has become to easy to enter of late and the Chamber is still very hard to enter, except for Harry. Ron thought he could get in by using what he heard Harry say to the sink in the loo, but he couldn't get it open."

"What will the message say?"

"George wouldn't tell me, to keep it a mystery to even us. I do know they will be giving hints to help us figure it out, but not too easy because of Hermione's genius. I just hope Luna doesn't try to help her as she always gets Hermione thinking too much. I love Luna more than anyone but Harry, but she can be so brilliant at times that it brings the best out in Hermione."

Their planning continued for another ten minutes and then they decided to get back before Hermione came looking for them. They got back just in time as Hermione was ready to leave and go look for them. "Where did you guys go, I was looking for you to see if you wanted to go outside and take a walk around the grounds?"

Harry and Ginny begged out of her idea, but Dudley agreed to take a walk with her. Harry and Ginny wanted to hit him, but held back hoping he would not tell her anything.

The walk never happened as it started to rain before they got two floors down. They went back up to the common room and found Harry and Ginny deep in Ginny's books.

"Harry, you're not helping Ginny with her homework are you? You know you shouldn't be helping a lower classman with their homework."

"Say, wasn't it you who helped Dudley with his first homework assignment, Hermione?" Ginny asked.

"Well, that may be, but you must admit, you do have more experience than Dudley does with magic."

"So, are we setting the standards then Hermione?" Harry asked.

Hermione huffed as she sat down to ignore what Harry and Ginny were doing. She wanted to laugh when she heard, "I can't believe it was that easy. Hermione must be getting soft in her old age." Ginny laughed.

Then Harry added, "We tried that same thing on her back in our second year. Her and Ron had an argument that lasted four days. She wasn't even a Prefect back then, and here she is now, The Head Girl. I wonder what Anthony would think if he heard her?"

"Will you two shut it. You act like I'm commiting a crime by letting you get away with something. I was just told by Professor McGonigall to look past some of the things you do this year, Harry. Anthony was told the same thing. Although I think he would have looked past anything you did because of how you helped him in our sixth year in the DA."

"I helped anyone who was there, so I didn't single him out. He should be just as strict with me as he is with everyone else."

"Anthony strict. Heaven forbid. He turns his back and many indiscretions. It's me everyone has to look out for." Hermione said proudly.

They didn't want to get into that one so they left it alone. Dudley was just sitting back laughing at the three as they traded barbs.

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On September 17th they were sitting down to breakfast, when the room got dark and a light shined over the Professor's table, ( LET IT BE KNOWN THAT SOMETHING HIDDEN IN THE CASTLE WILL BE SEARCHED FOR BY OUR GROUP KNOWN AS THE MISFITS. DO NOT GET IN OUR WAY OR YOU WILL BE CRUSHED. WE WILL FIND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, AND WITH IT, WE WILL FIND THE LOST BOOK OF SPELLS BY SALAZAR SLYTHERIN. BE WARNED THAT WE WILL NOT LET ANYONE GET IN OUR WAY, NOT EVEN THE FAMOUS HARRY POTTER OR THE BRILLIANT ALBUS DUMBLEDORE. )

Harry looked to Hermione and saw where she was already going into think mode. He could see her brain turning up questions and even finding some of the answers. Then she tuned to Harry and he knew they had her.

Her first question to him was quite a shock to him as he didn't even think of it as a possibility, "Harry, do you think this might have been something that Tom might have been looking for?"

Harry had to think fast as it could lead her to asking about the Chamber a day early. "I don't know Hermione, but if he was, then he had all the chances in the world back in our second year, don't you think?"

"No I don't, as that was just his piece of soul, and not really him. I mean when he came to see Professor Dumbledore to apply for the DADA position."

"I thought he used that visit to hide the Diadem in the Come and Go Room? No, I don't think Tom even knew it existed. But, what kind of spells did Slytherin know that Gryffindor didn't?"

"Oh please, Harry. You know as well as I that Slytherin knew many things that Gryffindor didn't. He hid the Basilisk without Gryffindor's knowledge. How did he get it in the school? How was he able to feed it? How did he put the room there in the first place without the others knowing?"

Harry felt that he opened up a bucket of worms and Hermione was thinking at seventy kilometers an hour. He had to find a way to sidetrack her.

Both Ginny and Dudley saw Harry was getting into a bind. Dudley then thought of something, "Harry, didn't you say that Ginny had been all over the chamber when she was controlled by Tom? If she was then wouldn't Tom know what was in the chamber?"

Harry didn't get a chance to answer when Hermione came out with, "If the chamber was hidden, then why couldn't another room be hidden in the chamber as well? Someplace that Slytherin used for privacy. He couldn't use the chamber itself because of his familiar."

"Hermione, I lived in the Chamber for two months and believe me, I checked for anything I could use against Tom and there was nothing, Maybe there is a hidden room down there, but I wouldn't know where it was hidden or how to get in it. Of course I'm not as smart as you. Maybe you know where it could be hidden."

"Could you let me in so that I can try to find it, Harry?"

"Of course I can Hermione. Tomorrow we will go down and look. Tonight I am going to try and get some sleep as I seemed to miss out on some of it last night."

"I didn't hear you complain about it last night Mr. Potter." Ginny complained.

"You will never hear me complain about being with the people I love, Gin. I'm not complaining now, I'm just making a statement about my being tired. However, if you think we need a repeat performance of last night's festivities, OK then."

"No, I'll let the old man get some rest. He can't keep up with us young people any more Hermione."

Hermione was yawning as she answered, "Include me in with Harry's thoughts. It was great, but an encore is too soon after the fact. I think I need to recuperate. Besides, Fred just gave me a pass for one night and I don't want to take advantage of this priviledge. Good night all." and Hermione left for bed leaving Harry and Ginny alone. Harry sat down pulling Ginny with him and held her close as he kissed her neck. He wasn't getting frisky, but he loved the way Ginny responded to his kisses there.

"Harry, how did you get Hermione to thinking about the chamber? I didn't hear you say anything about it when you first started."

"She did it on her own, Gin. I just kept her on track by answering like it was what she wanted to hear. Hermione likes to see someone accept her explanation and expound on it. It gets her to go even farther into thought. By not quite agreeing with her, but saying anything is possible, it was a minor triumph for Hermione."

"Brother, she must have been hard to follow in her early years."

"Actually, she was pretty easy to follow, it was just that Ron and I were to dense to understand her, and Ron made it worse by arguing with her all the time."

"Ron again. I don't see how you and Hermione put up with him for as long as you did. I should have been born first so that I could have joined in your adventures rather than him. It would have been a lot easier for you."

"You don't know how much I agree with this. Everything would have been a whole lot easier, and I would have had a date for the Yule Ball. I would have had support during the tri wizard tournament. I would have had to save Ron in the chamber rather than you, but that would have put you in jeopardy with the ponce of a DA Professor, Lockhart."

"No it wouldn't, because I would have told you to forget about the idiot and maybe find someone else to help us, like Professor Flitwick."

"You know, that would have made more sense. Now I wish you were born first, as we may have had Tom beat in my fourth year. You sure would have given me the courage I needed to face him back then. I know this sounds bad, but Ron always did bring out the worse in me. You always bring out the best in me, and I love you for that Gin. Well, that and so many other things."

"Like what Harry?" she asked as she cuddled closer to his chest to get more comfortable.

"Oh, like the way you make me feel when you're around me. How you get along so well with the people who helped me. How you make a room brighter just by entering it. How, no matter how down I am, you find a way to cheer me up. How you show me love for others as well as for family. You never let me down once we got to know each other better. I know that you had different feelings for me before Luna got us together. Like you didn't care what I did because I didn't show you any concern after the chamber incident, almost like I didn't care how you felt. That wasn't the case though. I did care, but I couldn't show it around Ron, as he always took it the wrong way. He hated to see you with a guy, almost like he was saving you for someone special."

Ginny got up after the last thing he said, "You mean you think Ron had ideas about who I should have been with?"

"Yes, but I don't have a clue as to who it should have been. Wait a minute, I think I do know who he had in mind. He never said anything about you and Neville going to the dance. He had a lot to say about you and Michael, or you and Dean. You know what he said about you and me."

"Maybe he did think about Neville, but I never did, at least not in that manner. I liked Neville, but until you helped him in fifth year, he was always kind of weak. If he had been with you from the start, he would have been stronger and more confident. He would have made a great companion to you and Hermione."

"Probably so, but Ron was in the right place at the right time. Poor Neville didn't feel like he fit in with Gryffindor, and it hurt his confidence. Of course Professor Snape didn't help him much either."

Then Harry thought, if he hadn't made friends with Ron, he may never have met Ginny, Fred, or George. That would have been a disaster, as between the three, They have brought more laughter, caring and love then he ever imagined was possible, after his upbringing.

"OK, that's enough wishing about how things should have or could have gone better. I think I will make my way to bed as well. Good night Harry." and she kissed him before she left for her dorm and her bed. Harry stayed where he was to think about what they had each talked about.

He often wondered how things could have been different if him and Hermione had never met Ron. How instead of Ron, they made friends with Neville, since he was also a part of the Prophecy.

Then he continued his thought, if he hadn't made friends with Ron, he may never have gotten to know Ginny, Fred and George and that would have been terrible. He fell asleep on the couch thinking about it. He had a dream about his thoughts and it made him feel sick of how his life would have been like without his friends he has now. Even Draco changed and was closer to Harry than Ron is. Daphne has made a lasting effect on him.

Because Of Ron-}

The two were walking the hall ways of the school passing time and talking. The curfew never entered their mind as they moved up towards where ever it took them, although it did seem the young lady had a destination in mind as she seemed to be leading the young man.

By the time they reached the seventh floor, they both knew where they were going and the man didn't mind it what so ever.

For the first half of the year, Draco had been trying to get into the ROR so often, he knew the walk blindfolded. However had had no idea of what Daphne would be calling for to serve her purpose.

Daphne made her third trip across the thresh hold and the door appeared before her and she took Draco to it for him to open. He did and let her enter first and then he followed her in. He stopped as soon as he saw the beauty of Tonks palace bedroom.

"Is this where you and the rest entertained Harry?"

"He entertained us as much as we did him, but no, we didn't all share this room. There was a special room we had for the ritual. This is what Tonks called home during her brief stay."

"Poor Remus, I don't think he can afford her expensive tastes. But I got to admit, she knows her bedrooms. I may have to take pictures and build our own such room. I may have to do away with the Ravenclaw motif though."

"Will you take your mind off Tonks, Remus and our future and concentrate on what you have here and now."

"What I have here and now has never left my mind, I just put it to the back of my mind so that I could entertain you with my wit. I guess it didn't set well with you. So, what now?"

"Have you been hanging out with Ron for the past year? We're in a bedroom. The lights are low. The bed is right in front of us. You have a pretty girl standing next to you. And you wonder what's next?"

She had Draco laughing so hard that he collapsed to the bed and the next thing he knew Daphne vanished his clothes to the sofa. "Do you know what comes next Mr. Oblivious?"

"Is this where I get up and do the chicken dance?" Draco couldn't hold it back and was laughing all over again. He saw Daphne turning red with rage and decided to put all humor aside and start taking Daphne seriously. He reached out and pulled her to him and began to undress her. Daphne didn't try to stop and correct him, but she was disaappointed that he wasn't like Harry, who kissed each area as it was exposed. He was also slower with the removal of her clothing because of his lingering kisses.

As Draco moved on, Daphne found herself comparing Draco to Harry and she was ashamed of this. She wondered if the others, except for Ginny did this with their mates as well. She needed to remember to ask. But she still did it, and Draco was failing miserably. What was it that Harry did to them that caused such pleasure that they doubted it would ever be repeated, unless it was with Harry.

Draco finally finished undressing Daphne and sat back to examine his treasure. Daphne was such a beautiful woman, he could not understand how Harry could just let her go. Sure, Ginny was a beauty as well, as was Hermione, Luna, Lavender, Tonks and last but not least, Fleur. He laughed to himself Harry had it made no matter what his choice was. All he had to do was add Tracie to his harem and he would have had all the best looking women in the school at his beck and call. Blaise was lucky she remained faithful. Then he felt a sharp pain to his butt. "What the hell was that for woman?"

"To get your mind back to what you are doing, instead of thinking of the other girls Harry could have had. You need to keep your thoughts to your self if you wish to keep them secret. Harry knew who he was going to be with, and made it quite clear to us all if it wasn't us. Now, can we get on with this. I'm getting a little impatient here."

Draco felt Daphne pussy and found her moist, but not wet, so he went to work on her there. Once again he was being compared to Harry and was falling short. If he knew he was in a talent contest, he would tried to impress her harder.

Daphne couldn't help but think how much she missed Harry's touch, and felt sorry for Draco as he was really trying to please her. She tried blocking Harry from her mind and was finally able to begin to enjoy what Draco was doing to her.

Draco has his tongue running circles around her clit and occasionally pulling it into his mouth to suck on it. Daphne began to feel her first orgasm approaching and she grabbed Draco's hair and pulled him tight against her pussy as it hit her. Draco's mouth filled with her hot fluids as they streamed out.

Draco thought back to his first girl, and Pansy was just not one he wished to do this to, for fear of what just happened with Daphne, however, with Daphne, he wanted her juices to seep into his mouth forever. That was not to be, but he did get a mouthful and he savored every drop.

He took his mouth north and found Daphne's and she got a taste of her own juices and didn't mind the taste. Of course she had them before, but there again it was Harry she shared them with and that is a different story. She wanted to hit herself in the head as Harry kept popping back into her thoughts and it wasn't fair to Draco.

Now Draco lined him self up to Daphne's opening and pushed forward and entered her love tunnel. He fell in love with the silk like feeling of her lining, and the tightness of the walls that held him prisoner to her beauty. He never wanted to leave this wonderful feeling ever again. Then he thought back to what else he never wanted to leave again. Now he just included her whole body as him never wanting to leave it again.

Daphne felt his manhood create friction in her pussy and it started to heat her up again. She felt the flame begin to rise in her lower region and wanted it to increase so she moved faster and when Draco felt that, he moved faster and soon they both peaked and together they combusted and created sparks of light exploding inside their heads.

Daphne looked back on her first sexual encounter with Draco and felt it was both good and extremely funny. She never thought sex was meant to be funny but, Draco found a way to make it so, and she liked that. Maybe she would keep him around for awhile.

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Author's Notes – Has every one heard about Joanne doing a continuation of the Harry Potter series, but not as a book, only a play that will only be shown in London. There wasn't too much said about it, but most feel it will be something about the wizarding world after Harry did away with Tom. How they progressed and rebuilt. I don't even know if any of the main characters will be in it.

With fans all over the world, how could she do that to all of us? We all would like to see her final thoughts about how it all ended. Please let me know how you all feel in your reviews.

I would also like to add that this story is near it's end and I have my next story in mind. It starts with Harry being five years old and a slave to the Dursleys, but Dudley doesn't understand what his parents are doing to Harry and the way they treat him. He sort of likes Harry, but you can see where they try to influence him against it. As always, Ollie the Keeper.