Love thy Enemy

Ron was not the easiest person to wake in the morning, but Echo was determined. She clapped her hands, smacked him, and shook him, yet Ron refused to wake. As a last resort Echo lifts one of Ron's dirty socks off the floor and holding it lightly between her thumb and forefinger drops it over his nose. Two sleepy breaths later Ron is awake, throwing the sock across the room and as far away from his face as possible.

"What the hell was that?!" Ron shouts rubbing his face.

"One of your dirty socks," Echo replies.

"Why?"

"It's time for you to get up... I don't understand how you and Harry can waste perfectly good sunlight sleeping, especially when you have the eyesight to enjoy it."

"We were up late last night shopping, of course we're going to sleep."

"Maybe if you had gone earlier instead of putting it off for several rounds of Exploding Snap, you wouldn't have been in so late," Echo turns on her heel and leaves Ron to either fall back asleep or get dressed.

Ron chooses the latter, knowing that if he didn't and chose the former... Echo would be back to wake him up and next time she'd use her wand.

Harry was actually awake by the time Echo made it across the hall to his room. Ron's scream having woken him from slumber.

Echo enters the room after lightly knocking and hearing a 'come in' from Harry.

"Good Morning, Echo. The only reason you'd be coming in this early is to either wake me or tell me that you saw something."

"A bit of both actually. I was up here to wake you and Ron, but before I got breakfast I did see something pertaining to you."

"Really? That's great!"

"Yes it is, though not quite what you may be looking for... You will love your enemy more than you expect."

"What does that mean?"

"I would love to tell you, but you'd probably throttle me and then try to prevent it from happening, but we both know that what ever I see always comes to pass, so it's best I just let it be."

"Then why the ominous message? You sound like Trelawney"

"I don't know who she is, but it's just my way of telling you so that when it comes to pass you'll know I was right."

Echo smiles at Harry and just the way she does, he knows deep down she's hiding something.

"Come on, Echo, can't you just give me a little more?"

"You'll find out soon enough, Harry, there's no point in ruining the surprise."

She leaves for her room smug, knowing that for now, she is in control.