Harry Potter Adventures: Chapter 8 – Harry’s Comfort

This story does not reflect the attitudes or characters in the Harry Potter series, or have any affiliation with the author.

Chapter 8
February had arrived and with it finally came some brighter weather as the first green buds began to appear on the trees again. A month had passed since Draco had completed the first part of his plan and all seemed to be going well. Draco however, had noticed that Luna had been acting very strangely for some time now, and sensed she may have been on the receiving end of a poorly cast obliviate spell. Curiosity got the better of Draco and with the aid of Crabbe and Goyle, they managed to bring Luna back to their dormitory for an interrogation. After a lengthy talk, Draco finally broke through to the true memories as she revealed she was raped, and that all she remembered of her attacker before he stunned her, was seeing a mass of bright red hair. Draco’s heart skipped a beat when she revealed this.
‘Are you sure Luna?’ Draco asked urgently.
‘O yes….very sure,’ Luna replied in her dreamy voice.
‘Ok, thank you Luna,’ Draco said, his mind working on overload. So Ron Weasley had raped Luna thought Draco. Ideas flooded through Draco’s head of how he could drive a wedge between Harry and Ron. If he could get Ron hating Harry before the final part of his plan then anything would proceed easier. After some thought, Draco reached for some quill and parchment and began to write.
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It was breakfast and Harry and Ron were sat together on the Gryffindor table; Harry tucking into some bacon and eggs whilst Ron was buttering some toast. The morning owls suddenly came streaming in through the open windows and began to fly to their owners with their mail.
‘Ouch,’ said Ron as the corner of a letter dropped from the air onto his head. Ron rubbed his head and quickly opened the letter:
‘‘Ronald Weasley, I know what you did to Luna and I have evidence to prove it. Either you tell Harry Potter of your crime or I’ll let the Ministry know of what you did.’’
Harry looked up at Ron whose face had drained of all colour; his knuckles white as he clenched the letter in a vice like grip. Draco looked on from the Slytherin table intensely.
‘Errr…Harry,’ said Ron weakly, beads of sweat forming on his forehead, ‘Can we go somewhere private, there’s something I need to tell you.’
‘Sure mate,’ said Harry in a concerned voice, as Ron lead him out of the Great Hall and into the grounds. A few students sat on the grass, deciding to eat breakfast outside in the grounds as Ron and Harry began to talk.

‘Harry….there’s something I need to tell you, something I’m ashamed of,’ Ron stammered, as Harry placed a comforting arm around Ron’s back, ‘remember when we fell out in the library last October,’ Ron continued, ‘and I ran off.’
‘Yeah,’ said Harry slowly.
‘Well, I ran off to the grounds….and then Luna turned up…..and, I’m sorry Harry I was just so angry…..I raped her….,’ Ron blubbered, his face going red and tears plopping from out of his eyes.
‘Ron,’ said Harry as he took his arm off Ron’s shoulders, ‘how could you,’ Harry said weakly as a look of disgust formed on his face.
‘I’m sorry Harry,’ said Ron through tears.
‘I comforted you afterwards you pig!’ Harry shouted, attracting the attention of the student’s sitting in the grounds, ‘you stay away from me Ron, and you can consider yourself sacked from the Quidditch team.’
‘No….you can’t,’ Ron shouted back with a look of shock on his face.
‘Yes I can,’ Harry responded, ‘I’m going to Luna,’ said Harry as he stormed off back towards the Castle.
‘Wait…..please…..don’t tell anybody,’ Ron cried desperately after Harry.