Harry sat in the Griffindor common room. Without Neville, Malfoy or Luna. His eyes narrowed. Staring at the pair of red headed twins in front of him, which looked guilty and distraught. Apparently they wanted to talk to Harry again. After four months. Two days before he was heading home.
Why?
Fred spoke first. Although Harry didn't know if it was Fred, he decided to name the twin that spoke first 'Fred' always. To save himself the confusion.
"Little brother. Our old old hearts-"
"Weep for you."
Interrupted 'George'.
Harry raised an eyebrow. His heart had shut off to all those who had ignored him, only a week after it began. He no longer considered the twins as brothers for quite a time. No longer considered them ones that would care for him. That would break the bars off the window of his prison. They were nothing but traitors.
Quite like Pettigrew, as his not-so-sane Godfather often mentioned.
Traitors.
Fred continued,
"All along we-"
"Trusted Ronnikins to-"
"Tell the truth and-"
"Yet now we know for sure-"
"That he was lying."
Harry was not swayed. They knew this. They knew they had breached his trust when he was weakest. They knew that his stoic silence was a punishment, a not-so-deadly death sentence, an acceptance but not forgiveness of their guilt. And they were guilty.
George sighed,
"O woe betide us-"
"The fools that believed."
"We never should."
"It was silly indeed."
"But we had hoped-"
"That Ronnikins could have been-"
"Truthful. Although it hurt our hearts-"
"To think something so sinister-"
"We refused to believe-"
"His lies were what they were."
"Filthy, filthy lies."
"And we don't expect-"
"One so just and righteous as you little brother-"
"To forgive us for our sins."
"We need you to understand-"
"That it was our own-"
"Twisted loyalty that forced this-"
"And we regret every minute-"
"Of mistrust and sheep-i-ness."
"We had assumed, wrongfully,-"
"That Ronnikins was not evil,-"
"That he would not lie-"
"About something so serious as suicide."
"Especially since our own dearest-"
"Cousin Theodore had attempted."
"We do not hope to ever-"
"Regain what little trust we had gained,-"
"But know that we will always-"
"Love you little brother-"
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The Boggart by TheRogueLibrarian
FanficAfter Harry Potter's darkest secret is revealed via a Boggart in third year he does something drastic. Cursed with the angels gift, an 'I don't care and I quit' attitude and disillusioned to who his real friends are, the fates have changed. WARNINGS...
