Weasley's One Night Stand
"She was the snake...or the snake was her...all along." - Harry Potter
After departing from his friends Ron had spent every minute of every day trying desperately to track them down. All of his efforts until now had seemed in vain.
Ron Explains
Soon after arriving at Godric's Hollow, Harry and Hermione found themselves entering the house of Bathilda Bagshot.
As soon as she saw him, Hermione's eyes filled with tears.
"Oh Ron, I thought I'd never see you again. What are you doing here, at Bathilda's house?"
Beads of sweat were running down Ron's face, his voice was shaking.
"I - I was looking for you two. I thought you'd be here at some stage, looking for clues or Horcruxes."
"What about Bathilda, did you find her?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, it's just that -"
"What? Tell us where she is; we have to speak with her."
"I don't know where she is! I mean … I haven't seen her."
"You just said that you had. Is she in that room you just came out of?" Harry pestered.
Ron was becoming agitated, and replied hastily. "NO! IT'S EMPTY, THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE! I - I told you, I don't know where Bathilda is!"
"Calm down Ron. What's the matter? Why are you so upset?" Hermione asked, concerned.
"I'm sorry, I just think we should leave. I've searched the house all over, she isn't here. I'm sure of it."
Ron was sweating all over, his hands were trembling. Harry was becoming suspicious.
"Why are you so keen to leave...what are you hiding in there?" Harry pushed Ron aside and entered the room, Hermione followed.
Once inside, they stood frozen, speechless, they both turned back at Ron.
"What is this? Why is Nagini lying dead on Bathilda's bed, and why on earth are your robes sprawled amongst the bedding?"
"I, er, I can explain … you see, that snake is Bathilda. Or it was her."
"What are you talking about?" Hermione was now truly perplexed and she was glaring at Ron.
Ron continued, "I came here looking for you, but I met Bathilda. We just got talking and, er, you know …"
The Tragic Affair Exposed
"What are you saying Ron?"
"Well it's hard to explain, it was all so surreal. At one point during the night, I must have been half asleep when, something unnatural happened. Bathilda wasn't really Bathilda at all. She turned into Nagini."
Hermione came back at Ron. "So, what you're saying is, you went to bed with Bathilda and woke up with Nagini?"
Ron walked across the room and sat on the side of the bed where sat head in hands.
Yet, Hermione continued her interrogation. "You didn't do anything, did you, I mean with Nagini or Bathilda? How do you explain your robes? I mean, you're still wearing a bed sheet!"
Ron stood up facing the window, he dared not face his friends as he untruthfully explained. "I – I, er, we fought. Nagini and I, we fought. It got pretty rough and my robes were torn off."
"Ron, I can't believe what I'm hearing -"
"Its true, I'm not lying!"
"No, Ron I do you realise what you've done? You've killed Nagini, one of the seven Horcruxes!"
"Yes, thank you! THAT is what I'm trying to say. My plan was: To seduce and kill Bathilda, I mean, Nagini.
Harry looked across to Hermione and then back at Ron. "Why didn't you just kill Bathilda when she was Bathilda then? Why did you wait to fight Nagini?"
"Oh, well, I couldn't, could I? I mean, Bathilda was-"
Before he could explain, Hermione exploded. "RONALD WEASLEY!" she yelled, but then lowered her voice. "What about me? I thought we had something!"
"I know and, we do have something, it's just that-"
Enter Hagrid
The conversation was then interrupted by the sudden appearance of Hagrid at the bedroom window. Ron opened the window and Hagrid peered in.
"How long have you been standing there?" Ron whined, disgusted.
"Oh, I've been looking in all at yeh all night!"
"YOU WHAT?"
"Well, I came here looking for Harry, yeh see, but as it turned out … I found you."
"So you spied on me while I was, you know -"
"Yep, saw everything. So how was it?"
"Oh, I, er, don't remember much … it all happened so fast."
"Ah, right, you don't want to talk about it, do yeh?"
"No, it's not that … I, er -"
"You're ashamed Ron, and yeh damn well shouldn't be! I 'ave plenty of stories I could tell about, dealings with magical creat- "
"Hagrid!" Harry interrupted. "We really need to get going now. We still have a difficult task ahead of us."
"Er, yeah, right, sorry to keep yeh."
Hagrid began to leave, "I'll see yeh when I see yeh Ron, we'll have a chance to share stories about our, you know … dealings with magical creatures."
"Er, yeah, sure … we'll do that." Ron replied uncertainly.
From here, Ron, Harry and Hermione continued on their journey to fulfil Dumbledore's wishes.
In order to move on from his ill-fated 'dealing' with a magical creature, Ron made sure that he never saw or spoke to Hagrid ever again.