The Soul Crystal

3. Ron, the Death Eater?

Harry Potter and the Soul Crystal - Chapter 3

The only characters/things I own are Wendy Kitanya, the bubble sprites, the Soul Crystal, the flamingo seeds, the razorum spell, the twindoma spell, the Magical Artifacts Throughout History book, the Soul Beast, the argot, the bright spots, Ardian and Rachel Tigerlilly. Please do not use them in a story without asking me first.

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"What's up Harry?" said Wendy as she sat down at the table where Harry was.

"Do you have nightmares with a monster in them?"

Wendy was puzzled. "Yeah. Most people do Harry," she said as she blew a stray strand of hair out of her face.

"No. I mean a specific monster." Harry went on to describe the monster from his dream. Wendy's mouth hung open when Harry had finished his description.

"How's this possible?" Wendy said when she'd found her voice. "How can we have the same dream?"

"I don't know."

"Could it mean something?"

"I don't know."

Wendy's shoulders sagged. "You're not helping." She sighed. "Maybe we should go into the forest and take a look," she whispered.

Harry gaped at her. "Are you nuts?"

"Going there would be the best way to figure this out."

Harry looked contemplative. Finally he gave in. "Okay. I'll take Hermione and Ron with me."

"What about me?" she said with her hands out.

"You're staying here," Harry said as he closed the book in front of him.

"I don't think so," Wendy replied, looking indignant.

"You barely know any magic. I'd spend most of the time trying to keep you safe."

"I guess you're right." Wendy sighed and gave Harry a hug. "Be careful Bro." Harry shook his head at the Statey speak.

"We better head back to the common room. It's getting late."

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"Harry aren't you just the slightest bit sick of nearly getting killed?" said Hermione exasperatedly, as she did a quick about face to look Harry in the eyes.

"Mione I need to do this. If Wendy's having these dreams too then this is too important to ignore," Harry said as he sat on one of the garden's stone benches.

Hermione sighed. "I just don't want you to get hurt." She turned away and lowered her head. "I hate it when you get hurt," she said softly. Harry thought he heard something else in her voice. Something that sounded like a deep fear.

Harry looked at Hermione quizzically. "I know." He smiled at her and gave her shoulder a small squeeze.

"Well let's at least wait till Percy goes back to the ministry. I don't feel like dealing with him if we're caught." Ron said as he shuddered.

"Alright," Harry agreed. Just then the trio heard whispering coming from the other side of the bush next to them.

"Are you sure the Ministry hasn't made a mistake? I mean, the very idea of a Weasley being a death eater is laughable," said one voice. Harry and Hermione stared at Ron open mouthed. Ron made an over exaggerated shrug.

"I over heard the new Ministry head talking about it to Professor Dumbledore," said the other student.

"What's the new head's name anyway?"

"Rachel Tigerlilly."

The trio snickered a bit but quickly caught themselves before they were given away.

"So anyway Tigerlilly said she found the death eater symbol in Ron's schoolbag." She looked at her watch. "Bloody hell. We're late. Let's go."

Ron felt like he couldn't breath. He also must have looked like he couldn't because Harry started patting him on the back. "Ron. Ron! Snap out of it!"

Ron started talking like he was in a panicked trance. "I'm gonna go to Azkaban. I'm gonna be locked away for life. I'm gonna die!!!!!"

Harry started shaking Ron. "Come on! Stop it!"

Hermione pushed Harry to one side and slapped Ron across the face. Ron was instantly angry. "What was that for?!"

Hermione kept her composure. "I did it to stop you from being hysterical."

Ron began to cry. "What am I going to do?"

"We'll find out what's going on. We know you're not guilty," said Harry with a determined look.

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"It must've been Malfoy," Harry said angrily as he paced the floor of the common room.

"What'll we do? Ron's trial starts tomorrow," said Wendy who was sitting on the floor.

"We have to prove Malfoy put the symbol there," said Hermione.

"How? It's not like this place has surveillance cameras," said Wendy.

"Surveillance cameras? What are those?" asked Ron.

Harry waved him off. "Never mind."

"I'll reckon Percy is all ready to take me to Azkaban himself," Ron said miserably as he sunk to the floor, folded his arms on his knees and buried his face in his arms.

"Don't be silly. He's your brother," said Hermione.

Ron suddenly got very angry and his head snapped upwards. "You don't KNOW him like I do! He wouldn't save me for anything! All he cares about is his career!!!" Ron yelled. He froze. His face went white as a sheet. Percy was standing in the doorway.

"Is that what you think of me?" Percy looked like he wanted to be sick. "I love you Ron. I can't believe you don't know that."

"Perc I......," Ron stuttered.

"I came to inform you I asked Tigerlilly if I could be your defense council and she has accepted. Good day!" Percy said as he turned to leave.

"Percy wait," said Ron as he reached his hand toward his brother.

"Save it!!!" Percy snapped as he stormed out the entrance.

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Ron paced the floor of the room Hogwarts had set aside for the trial. Percy sat calmly at his desk and every once in a while he shot Ron a withering look. The door to the room opened and Dumbledore, Tigerlilly, Harry, Hermione, Wendy, and Ron's parents entered. Once everyone had taken their seats Dumbledore cleared his throat. "Ronald Weasley I trust I do not have to remind you that complete truthfulness is of the utmost importance." Ron nodded nervously. "Very well then. Let us begin."

Tigerlilly stood to her full height which was an impressive six feet 5 inches. "Ronald Weasley. You are charged with being a death eater. Evidence to this is the discovery of the death eater symbol in your schoolbag. Can you explain this?"

Ron looked to Percy who nodded. "I...I don't know. I hate Voldemort. I'd never sign up with that nutter. You've got to believe me!" Ron cried as he burst into tears.

Percy tensed and spoke. "I ask that the Ministry would please excuse the emotional outburst from my client. He is under extreme stress."

Tigerlilly nodded. "So noted." The trial continued with many character witnesses, the viewing of the mark (Which made everybody wince.), and in the end even Dumbledore took the stand to give light to the many instances in which Ron had helped to save the wizarding world from Voldemort.

Tigerlilly sat with her chin resting on her interlaced fingers. "Mr. Weasley. You and your council have 3 days to find out who, if not yourself, put the mark in your bag. The Ministry will also conduct it's own separate investigation. If nothing is found to prove your innocence at that time you will be sent to the juvenile sector of Azkaban. This trial is adjourned," she said and banged her gavel.

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Harry tossed in his sleep. He was dreaming about that crystal again, only this time just before the monster showed up he said the crystal's name. He woke up and bolted upright. "The Soul Crystal?" he said in between gasps.

Harry sat in his bed for a while, just reflecting on the dream. He laid down and rolled onto his side. "Why do I have dreams like this? Am I psychic or something?" He tried to go back to sleep but it was no use. This dream plus Ron's predicament was just too much. He got on his robe, flung the invisibility cloak over himself, grabbed a comic book and went down to the common room to read.

.........TO BE CONTINUED

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Sorry if the courtroom scene was a bit short. I wanted it to be brief cause I've never written a court scene before and I was worried that I might write something dumb. Lol.

Text from our crawl of the site, 25 November 2014.

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