Somewhere

There you go another nice new chapter.
This was my rist rant and although it's not quite as good as the next one i don't think the rants from harry are one of the things that i have enjoyed writing.
It's almost like i've been able to express a bit of my own negativity and shit feelings through harry...

Ooooookkkkkk so anyway on a lighter note....
In three chapters we have the get together... but they are VERY long chapters in comparison to what i've written before so it'll take me a bit longer to wright them... unless of course i'm up to 3am like i have been for the last couple of nights typing away!
It shouldn't be too long though and i'll still give you a new chapter on wednesday and i might even put one up on thursday if i have one finished so that i can tell you how i did in my exams

other than that.... ENJOY
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“Oh… my… god!”

“Hello. You must be Ron. Harry’s told us so much about you.”

“Ummm… hi.”

“Ron, Hermione, this is Lily and James, my mum and dad,” Harry smiled, looking at the portrait.

“How?” asked Hermione.

“Our portrait was painted just after Harry was born. After that night it must have been put in our vault” explained Lily.

“Oh. Then I’m very pleased to meet you. Now, not wishing to seem rude but we need to steal your son. He has some explaining to do,” she replied with a smile.

“Feel free. Give his the tongue lashing I’m sure he deserves,” grinned James.

“Hey! I’m no worse than you were.”

“Yeah right. I didn’t go up against three headed dogs.”

“That only happened once!”

“Go on Hermione, take him away.”

Taking hold of Harry’s arm she dragged him to his bed and pushed him through the curtains. After the feast was over and Hermione had taken the new Gryffindor first years to their dorms, being the new head girl, they had headed up to Harry and Ron’s dorm room, asking Dean, Seamus and Neville if they could have an hour of privacy. When they’d got up here Harry had shown them the portrait of his parents and erect a barrier around them so that they would only be able to hear things that were said directly to them. After all he didn’t think that they would want to hear the things that a room full of hormonal teenaged boys got up to in the middle of the night.

“So tell us everything,” Hermione said as she poked him in the ribs.

“Yeah, where have you been?”

“Secluded in a cottage in the middle of nowhere.”

“Huh?” said Ron.

“Dumbledore thought that with all the increased Death Eater activity it would be safer for me if I effectively disappeared. I got to carry on my training while I was there as well.”

“You weren’t on your own were you?” asked Hermione.

“No. I had Severus with me.”

“Severus, as in Snape?!” said Ron.

“Yes, as in Snape.”

“Urgh, poor you.”

“Ronald Weasley, hush your mouth!” gasped Hermione.

“Yes, hold your tongue. He’s a good man and I won’t here you slagging him off around me. We knew he was a spy but I’ve got to know him well, or at least better, over the holiday. I… I’ve seen things as well, things that no one should ever have to see, let alone have to experience first hand. You should treat him with more respect Ron. He’s done more for us, for me, than we can ever imagine and I class him as my friend.”

“Whatever, just don’t expect me to like him,” Ron mumbled.

“I’m not asking for that, just a little common decency and respect. Besides I’m going to make you come to my training so you’re going to be seeing a lot of him,” he said with an evil grin.

“Ooo! What have you been doing?” asked Hermione excitedly.

“Mostly hand-to-hand and weapons training. We’re going to start wordless and wandless casting soon though hopefully.”

“Count me in,” she said.

“Yeah, me too.”

“Ok.”

“So what did you do for your birthday?” Ron asked.

“I spent it in agonising pain and then I was unconscious for the next two weeks."

“Yeah right. Now really, what did you do?” he asked.

“I’m being serious Ron. What happened to you when you came of age?”

“I got a migraine and spent the morning in bed.”

“You had it easy then. When I came of age the pain I was in felt like the Cruciatus ten fold. Severus had to drug me, put me in a magically induced coma, so I didn’t really do anything for my birthday."

“Oh my god Harry. We should have been there,” Hermione said quietly.

“There’s nothing you could have done Mione. Thanks for the presents though by the way. Speaking of which I have something to show you.”

Opening the net he called for Shale and Blue, finding them down in the dungeons with Severus.

“You’ll have to wait a while, they’re busy at the minute.”

“Huh?”

“You’ll see soon enough and then I’ll explain something else. For now though, close your eyes,” he said. As soon as they obeyed he changed into an ant and sat watching them. After a minute or two Ron cracked open an eye.

“He’s gone.”

“What?”

“He’s bloody gone!” he said.

Taking that as his cue he quickly changed into the wolf, making Ron and Hermione scream. With a wolfish grin and a laugh he walked over to them and licked Hermione's hand before changing into a tiny puppy and crawling into her lap.

“Awww!” she cried.

Changing back he found himself sat on her, grinning madly.

“Wait, how did you just do that?” she asked as if it had only just sunk in.

“Animagus forms. I learnt it yesterday.”

“But I thought you could only have one animagus form?” she said pushing him off her lap.

“You can. It seems though that once again I’ve been dealt the wild card. I can be any known animal that exists but I’m registered as the wolf,” he said, just as he felt Blue and Shale start up the stairs. Getting up he went to open the door.

“Harry!” cried Shale, running into his arms, closely followed by Blue who flew in and perched on his shoulder.

“Hey. Did someone let you in?” he asked.

“The lady in the portrait recognised us and let us in. I like her,” said Shale in a rush.

“I hope you didn’t pester Severus too much.”

“No, we promise.”

“He was only there for a while. Why are you not living with him anymore? If you want to be his mate you should be living together,” said Blue innocently.

Harry nearly choked on the birds comment. He really had no idea. Ever since about ten minutes into the feast he had longed for the solitude of the cottage, the peace and quiet, Severus’ company. He loved being back at Hogwarts, being able to chat with his friends but at the same time he felt claustrophobic after the openness of the cottage.

“I can’t. People wouldn’t like it and besides, this is my room.”

“There are so many people Harry.”

“I know Shale but as long as you stay out of their way you’ll be ok. For now though I want you to meet my two best friends.”

Carrying Shale to the bed, Blue on his shoulder, he sat back down and put the kitten in Hermione’s lap.

“He’s so cute! Where did you get him from?”

“Little Shale here was a birthday present… from Severus.”

“He bought you a birthday present?!” she asked.

“Yep. Now this is Blue. I met him at the cottage and he sort of ended up here by accident,” he said pointing at the bird that had hopped down onto the bed to eye Ron.

“How did you train him?”

“I didn’t. I just ask him.”

“Pardon?”

“I said I just ask him. Have you ever heard of Wild Magic Hermione?”

“It’s a myth. There is a common thought that Merlin might have had it but it’s never been proven.”

“It’s no myth. After I came of age we discovered that it is in fact very real… and I have it. It’s how I can take on more than one animagus form. I can also talk to animals and heal them. I have a bit of control of plants as well,” he said, suddenly noticing that Ron hadn’t said anything for a while and the tips of his ears were rapidly turning red.

“Harry that’s amazing!” said Hermione.

“Yeah, it proves interesting at times. What’s wrong Ron?”

“You’ve done it again, haven’t you?” he said staring down at the bed.

“What are you on about?”

“Harry Potter, boy wonder gets the best of everything. Money, fame, power and glory,” he spat.

Harry looked at him in disbelief, he could feel the anger growing inside of him already. It wasn’t until he heard the glass in the windows start to rattle and Shale squeak in alarm that he got a hold of himself, consciously pushing it down before it could burst from him involuntarily. Looking at Ron he spoke in a low and dangerous voice, barely more than a whisper at first.

“You think I want this? You think I want people to like me because of a scar, not because of the person that I am? You think I wanted to loose my parents or be chased by a mad man? You think I want to fight for my life every year? Did you know that when I got this power I could hear a sparrow, begging me, pleading with me to save its life as it died. Do you know how much that reminded me of Cedric as I sat there helplessly? So many people have died and it’s because of me. Do you want that on your conscious for the rest of your life? Do you think that every summer, just because I was the ‘Chosen One’, I wanted to go back to that house, a place where I knew I was going to be beaten, abused and starved? Did you know that my uncle almost succeeded where Voldermort's failed? This is the best one though. Do you really think that because of all this I will NEVER have the one person in this world that I truly love? You just think that over, then tell me if you want to be me, ok Ron? If you say yes I’ll give you everything, fame, money, glory, danger, death threats, past, future, pain and the agonising truth. Now do you really want it Ronald Weasley?” he spat, leaping off the bed and running down the stairs to the only safe place he knew.


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ok rant over!

To my luberly reviewers

Kurai -- there you go one reaction from Ron! :D

Dragonsnurse -- you are doing horrible things to me! i hope this will do for a couple of whips and some restraints?! right at the minute i can't think of anyone else you could tie to my bed.... oh wait maybe jeremy irons from the die hard film (it's the accent!).... other than that i'll get back to you! as for the two little girls.... *hugs you* awwwww! i never expected to get that reaction! they are actually me and my best friend. we were both in my last story but only as a passing mention and i wanted something a little bit more this time. this is how i's feel if this ever actually did happen. you'll see what happens to them in a couple of chapters so don't worry.

Werewolf Mistress -- you'll have to wait a while for some inter-house working but you will get it don't worry.

Kunitsu -- hehe gotta love subtle teasing... actually just gotta love teasing! as for pervy images.... i was hoping it'd have that effect!

Amanda Rose -- yay *dances* mmmm.... tango...... anywho yeah ron might have made a ess in his trousers... if harry let his mind wander he might have aswell.... hehehe bunny ears are now in my 'To Add' list!

Mie -- ZOMG (wait what does that damn Z stand for anyway?!) Sense and Sensability! I've never seen it from the beginning but i did catch about the last 1/4 one night in a sleep enduced haze.... *drools over period costumes* as for Robin Hood... that's one of my favorite films EVER! 'cut your heart out... with a spoon!' ahahahahahaha Dogma is good aswell.... there's that one bit at the beginning where he opens his wings and for some reason it's really hot! ANYWAY back to the story! i can't really imagine harry doing a hero speech now matter what sev persuades him with!

Ice sCream Twinz -- hehe i like you two :D again for some undefined reason knowing that a guy is reading this AND enjoying it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! *hugs you both* kisses for the author!.... *steals your t-shirt* ...... yoink! mine now!

bumblebee -- YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED SWEENEY!! be gone! that is a cardinal sin!! please at least tell me you've watched Robin Hood and Dogma... and at least some of Sense and Sensability?! if not go to thy bnearest DVD store and ask the keeper of the disk to trade them to you for three watermelons, a hammer, a wheelbarrow and a small llama. leave him a swede as collateral.... oh and glad you like the song!

Ok so i've been set the challenge of fitting these things into the story but Vyator:

A broken light bulb
A wooden puzzle box
The 'Crazy Frog' ringtone
Disney's 'In The Jungle' at karaoke
and a can of hairspray.....

and i have to fit in bunny ears and a tail from Amanda Rose!

actaully to make it really interesting, each of you give me ONE thing that you want me to add at some point... you can make it as random as you want (ok within reason! no miniskirt wearing voldermorts... actually i could do that.... well you know what i mean!)
i'll make a list of them and try and fit them all in a some point or another

for now though.... R&R!!