Hello! I am sorry for the delay, but my computer decided to upgrade the system to windows 10 yesterday and it took a lot of time. Well, I hope you like this, although I have to warn you it is not excellent or genius. And by the way, I know the points of view aren't exactly what they should be but they do kind of focus on one person more than the others, so for now that's how I will interprete the meaning of P.O.V. So… withouth further ado… enjoy!
Disclaimer: I own nothing (except for the spell tollere pulverem).
Fact 5: Ron's boggart changed from spiders to seeing Hermione in pain.
Ron's P.O.V: (2nd of August 1998)
"So… Harry, where do we begin?" Ron asked. Harry, Hermione, Ginny and he were at Grimmauld place, cleaning a little bit so that he and Harry could move in there while they did auror training and the girls were back at Hogwarts.
"I say Ginny and I start at the living room and you two clean the kitchen. Then we will take care of the other rooms upstairs and to finish the basement." Harry answered with a smirk. It was obvious he was using this as an excuse to be with Ginny, but Ron put his overprotectiveness to one side and nodded, after all, he did want to spend some time alone with Hermione as well.
"Sounds good to me" Hermione answered, taking hold of Ron's hand. "C'mon, the earlier we start the earlier we will finish." And she dragged him to the kitchen.
"So… where do we start cleaning?" She asked him once they were there.
"Are you serious? Do we really have to clean 'Mione? Can't we enjoy this alone time in a better way?" Ron pouted. Typical Hermione he thought.
"Of course I am serious! This is where you will be living Ron. Now start cleaning so we can finish before those two and then we will see what we can do." She ordered. Ron didn't have a way out and he knew it, but maybe he could modify the deal she herself had made.
"Okay… but can I get some payment in advanced? You know, to make sure the work is worth it?" He tried. He gave Hermione the loop-sided grin he knew she couldn't resist and put his arms around her waist.
"You're an arse Ronald Weasley" She teased, moving her hands up his chest and around his neck. "But the thing is my payment is limited, and the more you get now the less you will get later. So as a recommendation I suggest you… how do I put it…" She was leaning closer making Ron think he had won the little battle. He was too enchanted to realise the mischievous look in her eyes. "Move your arse and start cleaning!" Hermione snapped, pulling away from him and taking out her wand. Ron stood still for a second, until he realised what had happened. Stupid brain of mine! I'm never falling for that one again he thought.
"Now…" Hermione began with a smirk on her face "How about you dust the top drawers and I do the lower ones?"
"Fine, whatever you want" Ron said, not happy about the result of his not-so-brilliant plan to have a snogging session with Hermione. I will just have to work for it I guess…
"Oh, and do you know the cleaning spell?" She asked, raising her eyebrows.
"How am I supposed to know it?! Whenever mum made us clean we were under age so we couldn't use magic and It's not like they taught it to us in charms" He retorted, confident with his answer. That confidence though vanished when he saw Hermione's face. "They did teach it at charms, didn't they?" He asked in a defeated tone.
"Yes, they did. If you had payed a little more attention in class maybe we could have started by now which means you are losing time…" She teased. "Now listen, the spell is tollere pulverem, and you just have to point at the place you want to clean. It only affects an area of 15x15 inches, so make sure you don't leave any spots."
"Yes mum" Ron sighted dramatically. His joke was returned by a glare from Hermione so he just smiled and got to his work
Five minutes later Ron was almost done with the top drawers. They had been working in silence ever since Hermione had told him what to do and they kept stealing glances at each other from time to time. Suddenly, when Hermione touched the only cupboard she had left to clean, it started to quiver and shake.
"Whoa!" She exclaimed. Ron moved his gaze away from the drawer he was cleaning and looked at her, confused.
"What is it? Are you okay?" He asked, concerned.
"Yeah, it's just that this cupboard started shaking. Maybe there is something in there, a boggart or something like that." She replied. Ron stepped closer and sat on his knees facing the cupboard.
"So… we will just have to get rid of it." Ron suggested. He noticed Hermione's frightened face and pulled her into a hug. "Don't worry, It's just a boggart. We confronted them in 3rd year remember? He said to her hair. Hermione pulled back some seconds later and looked at him in the eye, not so scared.
"I know, but this one will be bad. We have been through so much and I am a hundred and ten percent sure mine is not McGonagall saying I failed all my classes anymore. It will be worse, and I know it has something to do with you…" She let a tear scape her eyes and Ron hugged her once more. He hated seeing Hermione cry, it broke his heart to see her in pain.
"Then if you want I will go first. Mine is no better either, I haven't seen it but it has to be something bad, bloody hell I might even cry!" Ron joked. He was trying to make her feel better although he knew his last statement had been true. He had a guess about what his worse fear was and he was certain it would be very painful face the boggart. But he would do it for Hermione.
Ron was brought from his reverie by Hermione's voice. "Okay, but be certain that I won't let you do it alone. We will face it together, that way it will be easier." She suggested. Ron nodded and got up, offering his hand. She took it and was on her feet seconds later.
"Ready?" Ron asked "Let me be one step forward so it is mine the one which appears okay?" Hermione just nodded and took a step backwards. She gave him a comforting look and moved her eyes to look at the door of the cupboard.
"Here we go" He muttered to himself. With a wrist movement the little door opened, and black smoke came out. Ron was shocked for a moment. Was his worse fear black fog? His question though, was quickly answered when the smoke started morphing into two figures. There, lying on the floor was Hermione, screaming and crying. Next to her was Bellatrix Lestrange with her wand aimed at the body on the ground.
Ron stood frozen. He was witnessing Hermione's torture once again, only this time it wasn't only her screams, he could see what Bellatrix was doing to her. He felt as if he couldn't move, he tried to, but his body wouldn't let him, he was too shocked. Of course he had anticipated his boggart would be related to Hermione somehow, like something similar to what the locket had showed him, but he hadn't expected this.
He watched as Bellatrix casted the curse once again and Hermione started screaming and begging for death. Then, the psycho witch looked at him with a wicked smile and casted the killing curse on the boggart Hermione. Her body stopped moving and her face became expressionless. Ron's eyes filled with tears as he casted the ridikulus spell, making Bellatrix lean over Hermione and getting scared by the latter, who had only been playing dead. Soon, the boggart vanished leaving Ron and Hermione hugging in the middle of the kitchen.
"Don't worry love" Hermione said, trying to comfort him "I am here and that woman is dead, your own mother had the pleasure to end her life. That won't happen again, don't worry. And thanks for facing that boggart for me, you were very brave."
"Thanks Hermione" Ron said pulling away, but still holding her by the waist. He suddenly felt the need to apologise for his mistakes, to make sure she knew how sorry he felt. "And I am so sorry I left, so sorry I wasn't there for you."
"You are very thick, aren't you?" Hermione said, chuckling lightly "I already told you I don't care, what matters is that you are here now and that we are together." Ron pulled her into a hug for the fourth time that day as a thought came into his mind.
"Now, about my payment, I think you should pay me some extra for facing a boggart and for handling a spell I hadn't used in my life so well" He smiled at her and she returned the action.
"Very fair, very fair indeed" Hermione answered as she leaned in closer, this time not stopping until their lips touched. She kissed him and Ron returned the kiss with passionately. They continued like this for a few minutes until they heard a cough coming from the door. The couple instantly parted, gasping for air.
Harry and Ginny were standing in the doorway, smiling teasingly. Ron's ears went red and Hermione's cheeks blushed.
"Sooo…." Harry began "Enjoying the cleaning I see"
"Sod off" Ron retorted "We have actually cleaned the kitchen, I bet you anything it is better that the living room"
"I doubt that Ronnie" Ginny said, grinning mischievously "Unless the both of you, we actually invested our time in cleaning"
"We did clean it!" Hermione intervened "Just because you were the ones who walked in on us doesn't mean you two weren't doing the same." This time it was their turn to blush.
"Let's leave this conversation shall we" Harry suggested "I think we should take a break, it is almost lunch time. Do you want to floo to the Leaky Cauldron and eat there, I am afraid the fridge is empty."
"You tell me Harry, Hermione made me throw everything it had to the bin. She said it wasn't in a good condition" Ron said, looking at Hermione. She smiled at him and gave him a peck on the lips.
"Okay, okay, enough of that. Can we get going now? Ginny asked making look as if she was sick.
They all headed towards the fireplace and flooed to the leaky cauldron. Once there they sat in a booth and talked animatedly until the food arrived. The boggart incident was completely forgotten.
This is it. I hope you liked it and if you did please review, favourite or follow (you took the time to read so why not to review?). The spell (which isn't in the movie or books) is the Latin for the Spanish words 'elimina polvo' which basically mean eliminate dust…I think. Also I know the ending isn't good, but I couldn't find any other way, my brain got stuck in there, so this is all I had. And the last thing I have to say is that if you have one head canon or canon in mind and want me to write about it don't hesitate and ask. This is all! Au revoir.