« Come on, all in all it was one of Ron's best birthdays" said Fred.
Evening was coming; the infirmary was silent, the windows were closed and the lamps were on.
Ron's bed was the only one occupied. Harry, Hermione and Ginny were sitting around him; they had waited outside the ward's double doors all day, trying to peek in every time someone came in or out. Madam Pomfrey didn't let them in until eight o'clock. Fred and George arrived at ten o'clock.
«This is not the way we imagined giving you our present" George said resolutely, placing a large present on the cabinet at the side of Ron's bed and sitting down next to Ginny.
«Yes, when they described the scene to us, we were in disbelief" said Fred.
«We were in Hogsmeade, waiting to surprise you..." George said.
«Were you in Hogsmeade?" Ginny asked, looking at them.
vWe were thinking of buying Zonko's store," Fred said sadly. «A branch in Hogsmeade, you know, but if you can't go out on weekends anymore and buy our stuff... It doesn't matter now anyway."
She moved the chair closer to Harry and looked at Ron's pale face. "What exactly happened?"
Harry told the story he had already told, a hundred times more, or at least it seemed that way to him, to Dumbledore, McGonagall, Madam Pomfrey, Hermione and Ginny.
«... and then I stuck the Bezoar down his throat so he started breathing a little better again, Slughorn went to get help, McGonagall and Madame Pomfrey in the confusion brought him here. They immediately told us that everything would be fine. Madam Pomfrey says you will have to stay here a week or so to... make sure you take the Essence of Repentance...»
«Damn, you were lucky to think of the Bezoar» George said softly.
«I was lucky to find one in the room» said Harry, who was still breaking into a cold sweat just thinking about what would have happened if he hadn't remembered that little stone.
Hermione sniffed at her with an almost imperceptible noise. She had been particularly quiet all day. She had rushed, with a white face, out of the infirmary and had been silent the whole time. « But do mom and dad know?» Fred asked Ginny. «They've already seen him, they arrived an hour ago...they're in Dumbledore's office now, but they'll be back soon...»
There was a pause as everyone looked at Ron who was mumbling a bit in his sleep. "So there was poison in the drink?» Fred said calmly.
«Yes» Harry said immediately; he wasn't thinking about anything else now he felt happy that someone was giving him the opportunity to resume the discussion.
«Slughorn threw it away...»
«Could he have poured something into Ron's glass while you weren't looking?»
«Probably.» said Harry "But why would Slughorn wish to poison Ron?»
«No idea» Fred said, frowning.
«Don't you think he might have put it in the glass by mistake? Or did he intend to give it to you?»
"Why would Slughorn poison Harry?» asked Ginny. « I don't know" said Fred " T here are a lot of people around who would like to poison Harry, but here? ' T he chosen one '?»
« So you think Slughorn is a Death Eater?» ask Ginny.
« Anything is possible" Fred said with a troubled face. "He might be under the influence of the Imperius Curse" George said.
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THE MOST FAITHFUL
Fanfiction(English translation of my Italian original fanfiction) PLOT Lord Voldemort is reborn after the end of the Triwizard Tournament, many Death Eaters move in the shadows and Dumbledore reforms the Order of the Phoenix. In order to defeat the Dark Lord...
