Chapter 68: Missing Lord saviour and his sidekick -2

Chapter 68: Missing Lord saviour and his sidekick -2

When the door had closed behind her, both boys jumped on the sandwiches and thanked their lucky stars. They kept chomping down on these plain sandwiches that tasted way better than those candies they ate in their car.

"We won the house cup," said Ron excitedly after taking a big bite of the sandwiches.

"Amazing," replied Harry while grabbing the juice.

"Who do you think won the personal award, the ones Professor mentioned?" asked Ron.

"It must be Neville and Dean and even Seamus might also be a part of it. Those three did help a lot last year when everyone was injured." Harry replied after thinking for a minute before both boys pounced on the plain dinner.

Somehow they were slightly jealous of the praise and attention Neville and his group received and Ron felt he also deserve some award after experiencing the hellish nightmare he went through from the unforgivable charm of the one who shall not be named.

He had to spend a whole month on the bed before he could finally feel like he was back in his body. The pain, the twitching and the burning sensation, it was all the worst. And yet, he is going to receive detention while Neville and his group got an award.

They started discussing their failure in entering the barrier and somehow both concluded it must be related to the 'Draco' or 'Slytherin Scum' or both.

"Wish we could've gone up to the feast" Harry muttered.

"She didn't want us showing off," said Ron sagely.

"Doesn't want people to think it's clever, arriving by a flying car."

After eating as many sandwiches as they could (the plate kept refilling itself) they rose and left the office, treading the familiar path to Gryffindor Tower. The castle was quiet; it seemed that the feast was over.

They walked past muttering portraits and creaking suits of armour, and climbed narrow flights of stone stairs, until at last, they reached the passage where the secret entrance to Gryffindor Tower was hidden, behind an oil painting of a very fat woman in a pink silk dress.

"This year shall be our year, the year of Lions! "

"Nice entrance, the perfect for tonight," said a fifth year Harry had never spoken to; someone was patting him on the back and someone patted his shoulders as though he'd just joined them on a legendary cruise.

Fred and George pushed their way to the front of the crowd and said together, "This night belongs to Gryffindor and so does this new year!" The crowd went nuts and everyone cheered loudly.

"Ron come with me!" Percy's voice startled Ron who followed his most annoying brother outside the common room and back to the fat lady.

However, there was a bigger surprise awaiting Ron.

"Bill!" Ron shouted loudly seeing his oldest brother and ran into his arms.

"Hey, Ron. It seems your entry was the most amazing one since the Hogwarts started." Bill talked to Ron for a few minutes and just lightly cautioned him in actions before sending him off with a few candies and small trinkets.

Percy was still standing on one side and watched as Ron hopped back into the Gryffindor common room.

"You should not promote his behaviour, Bill. You know this will reflect badly on our father." Percy said.

"I know. But for now, let him have his moment. I will talk to Mom. Let Ron enjoy his school as a kid. He is too young to understand many things and too young to experience that kind of pain...

You know, once I was robbed in Egypt and someone used the same curse on me. I spent almost a month suffering from the pain. That is not something anyone should go through. For now, keep an eye on Harry Potter, Percy."

"Harry-" Percy wanted to ask something but Bill cut him off.

"They will always be together and Harry is someone who is leading our brother, not the other way around. As long as you can keep an eye on Harry, you will know where our brother is. Unlike Harry, our brother is not a saviour. He will need our savings." Bill said before leaving Percy to his thoughts.

Finally, the party ended as the excited but tired Gryffindors went back to their caves and peace came upon the Hogwarts.