I didn't want to look so Harry did, and I heard him take a sharp breath in.
"C'mon." he said, grabbing my hand and I grabbed Hermione's as we walked.
"I dont think this is a good idea." Hermoine said, looking around.
"We look like ordinary muggles Mione." I said.
"Muggles who have just been laying flowers on Harry's parents grave." she replied.
"Relax. This is right. I know it." Harry said.
We suddenly stopped in front of a house, and I immediately knew what it was.
"This is where they died guys. This is where he murdered them." Harry said.
We walked inside the house, following the woman as we were led up some stairs.
"You have a lovely house Miss Bagshot." Hermione said.
We walked around the room and I heard Harry. "His name? Can you tell me his name?" I turned to see Harry holding up a photograph to Miss Bagshot.
I walked over to them, as did Hermione and we looked at the photograph in his hands.
"This is him. I saw him in Gregorovitch's wand shop. The thief. Miss Bagshot, who is he?" Harry asked. She looked at him, then looked towards the stairs.
"She wants us to go upstairs." Harry said.
"Alright..." Hermione and I said, uncertainly. We started to move with Harry when Miss Bagshot looked at us, shook her head and pointed at Harry.
"She wants me to go. Alone." Harry said.
"Why?" I asked.
"It's alright El. You two stay here." Harry said.
"Harry..." Hermione started, but Harry held up a hand and followed Miss Bagshot upstairs.
Hermione and I stood in the hallway downstairs, waiting for Harry when we saw a strange shadow. I started walking to investigate.
"El, where are you going?" Hermione asked, grabbing my arm.
"Look." I said pointing to the shadow. As we neared the kitchen a heard a hiss and I gasped, looking at Hermione. Blood was staining the sink and there were flies swarming the room. "Oh my god! Harry!" I said quietly, taking out my wand as I climbed the stairs, Hermione following. We ran into a room and saw a snake, Voldemorts snake!
"Harry!" Hermione shouted, as I ran towards the snake.
"Confringo!" I shouted, my wand pointed to the snake.
Our fight went on for a while, but then we apparated and ended up in a forest. Hermione and I were up but Harry was just laying on the floor. I gasped and crawled over to him.
"Harry...Harry...can you hear me?" I said.
"Yes." he replied.
"Good. That's good." I said, hugging him.
"We got away." Harry said, as he hugged me back.
"Yes." I heard Hermione say, and I saw her next to me and leaned my head on her shoulder.
"Are you two alright?" Harry asked.
"Yeah we're fine." I said and Hermione nodded in agreement.
"But you've been sick so rest a bit more." Hermione said.
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I woke up the next morning to talking from outside the tent. I got up and went outside to see Harry and Hermione sitting and talking, so I went and sat in between the two of them.
"Morning guys." I said with a smile.
"Hey." they said, smiling back at me.
"Wait so where's my wand? I'll take watch." Harry said, looking at Hermione.
She looked down at her hands, and Harry looked at her nervously.
"Hermione. Where's my wand?" he asked again.
She moved her legs to reveal a broken wand, and Harry looked at it, trying to hide his sadness.
"It's my fault." Hermione said. "As we were leaving Godric's Hollow I cast a curse and it rebounded. I'm sorry Harry, I tried to fix it but wands are different-"
"It's done." Harry said.
"Maybe we can-"
"It's done." Harry repeated, in a tone that Hermione knew not to talk any more about it. "Leave me yours. You get back in the warm. Both of you." we walked back inside after Hermione gave Harry the locket. She fell straight asleep and I just sat there, thinking about everything and everyone that I love...including Ron.
Ron's POV (YAY)
I was walking through the forest when I ended up at a pool of water that had frozen over the top and I suddenly saw Harry, my best friend, fall into it. I ran over to him and pulled him out, dragging him to a rock and taking the sword off him.
"Ellie?" he asked, coughing.
"Are you mad?" I asked him, taking the locket.
He looked up and his eyes popped open as he saw me standing there.
"It was you!" he said.
"Yeah. Bit obvious I'd think." I replied
"And the doe? That was you as well?"
"No. I reckoned it was you."
"My patronous is a stag."
"Right. Antlers."
"You didn't see anyone else?"
"No, I...I think maybe I saw something-when I was running-over there...anything?"
"No. But I reckon whoever cast the doe put the sword in that pool hoping that we'd find it."
"And we did didn't we?"
Suddenly the sword started to twitch in my hand.
"See that?" Harry said. "It knows. It's afraid. Do it." he looked up at me.
"What?" I asked. "No. Harry. That thing's bad for me. I can't handle it. I'm not making excuses for how I acted, but that thing affects me more than it affects you, Hermione or El." as I said El a smile found it's way onto my face as I realised that I would be seeing her again. "it made me think stuff...stuff that I was thinking anyway but it made everything worse."
"All the more reason."
"No. I can't-"
"Then why are you here? Why did you come back?" he asked, and I was silent because I couldn't find the words to explain what I was thinking.
"I'll have to speak to it in order for it to open." Harry said. "When it does, don't hesitate. I don't know what's in here, but it'll put up a fight. The bit of Riddle that was in his diary tried to kill me."
He then wiped a layer of frost from the rock next to us and placed the locket upon it.
"On three." he said, then he started speaking in parseltongue until the locker opened. Suddenly a huge shadow appeared from it, and it had eyes. Riddle's eyes.
"Stab it Ron! Now!" Harry shouted, I raised the sword, but then a voice came from the shadow.
"I have seen your heart and it is mine..." it said. "I have seen your dreams Ronald Weasley, and I have seen your fears. Least loved by the mother who craved a daughter. Least loved by the girl you love who prefers your friend."
Suddenly the shadow turned into two figures. Two figures that I know and love. Harry and Ellie.
"We were better without you, happier without you." Harry said in his ghost form.
"Who could look at you beside Harry Potter? What are you compared to the chosen one?" ghost Ellie said.
"Your mother confessed that she would have preferred me as a son." ghost Harry said.
"Who wouldn't prefer him? What woman would take you? You are nothing, nothing, nothing compared to him." ghost Ellie said.
Suddenly the ghosts turned to each other and started kissing. I turned to the locket and stabbed it with the sword, and the two figures in front of me disappeared.
I let tears run down my cheeks, and I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder.
"After you left she cried for days. I do love her Ron, but I love her as a sister. Nothing compared to how you love her." Harry said.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I left." I said.
"You've sort of made up for it tonight. Getting the sword, finishing off the horcrux-"
"Saving your life?" I said smirking.
"That too."
"And just think of it, only 3 more to go."
We walked towards where their obvious camp was, and I couldn't wait to see Ellie again.
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