Exchanged Love
A/N: My name is Ron, and I am 15, so the new main character is modeled after me.
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Ron looked at his schedule as he walked up the stairs to Hogwarts. He was 15, an exchange student from the American witch and wizard school, Fallsdale. It was the second day of school, and the first year where exchange students would come to Hogwarts. Ron was one of six exchange students to come to Hogwarts. Also coming from Fallsdale was Ron's friend Jenny. Ron was to go to Professor Albus Dumbledore's office where he, Jenny, and the other four exchange students would be sorted. Jenny came running up behind Ron. "Hey, Ron, sorry I'm late, my plane was late so I missed the second day train to Hogwarts and had to wait until it came back," she said.
"Oh," he said, "I was wondering where you were. I hope we get sorted into the same house. According to what we were studying in our history class, Harry Potter is in the same grade as us, in Gryffindor house. It'd be cool if that's where we were sorted to."
"Yeah," Jenny replied. They reached the top of the stairs and opened one of the two large doors at the entrance. They stepped inside the large school and followed the written directions to Professor Dumbledore's office. When they got there, the headmaster was already wating for them.
"You two are the last two to arrive," he greeted, "But that's alright. Please come inside so we can sort you and the other exchange students into you houses." Ron and Jenny followed the old man into the office, and saw that the other four students were in fact already there. They sat in the last two seats. Another professor, who Dumbledore addressed as Professor Mcgonagall, went to the first seat where a girl named Emily was sitting.
"Emily, from Australia," Mcgonagall said, without using the girl's last name. She set a hat, called the Sorting Hat, on Emily's head. (A/N: just imagine that the Sorting Hat only sings a song on the first day.)
The Sorting Hat seemed to think for a while, then shouted out: "Ravenclaw!" Mcgonagall removed the hat from Emily's head and put it on the next student's head.
"Anna, from Australia," she said. The Sorting Hat didn't take much time at all on Anna.
"Hufflepuff!"
"Jack, from France," Mcgonagall said and moved the hat to the next person.
"Slytherin!" the hat said after about a minute.
Again the professor moved the hat down the line, this time to Tomás, from Mexico. The Sorting Hat declaired him a Ravenclaw, and then it was Jenny's turn to be sorted.
The hat was placed on Jenny's head, and it took about three minutes to decide on Jenny's house. "Gryffindor!" it said, matter of factly.
Ron's heart pounded as the hat was placed on his head. He wanted to be placed in Gryffindor with Jenny and Harry Potter, and he was hoping that was what the hat would chose.
He heard the hat whispering to him. "Too strong a person for Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor are probably the best bets. Or Slytherin. No, Slytherin is out. Eh..." it said.
Ron smiled as the hat made it's decision. "Gryffindor!"
Mcgonagall removed the hat from Ron's head and Dumbledore started talking. "We have prefects coming to bring you to your rooms to get you settled in. Ah, here they are now," he said.
Four students walked in, a blonde girl for Hufflepuff, a black-haired boy for Ravenclaw, a white-blondish boy for Slytherin, and a brown haired girl for Gryffindor. As soon as Ron saw the Gryffindor prefect, he was amazed. She was everything he liked in a girl: her hair was semi-long and brown, but somewhat messy, she didn't care what others thought. And her eyes, Ron's favorite feature of a girl, were a nice deep brown. She looked smart and kind, which Ron also liked. Dumbledore spoke up again.
"Mr. Malfoy, you are to take Jack to Slytherin house," he said, and Draco Malfoy and Jack left. "Miss Granger, Ron and Jenny are the new Gryffindors, please take them with you," he said, and Ron and Jenny followed the girl, and they could hear Dumbledore instructing the Ravenclaw prefect to take Tomás and Emily to Ravenclaw.
"Okay, this is the way to Gryffindor," the girl said, walking down the hall. "Oh, and by the way, my name is Hermione, what's yours again?" she asked.
"I'm Jenny," Jenny said. "And this is my friend Ron. We're from America."
"That's cool," Hermione said. "Your accents are neat, I love American accents." Jenny laughed. They reached they end of the hall and Hermione led them to the right, down another hall that ended in a picture of a fat lady in a dress. "Candlestick," she whispered to the portrait, which flung open to allow entrance. "That's the password to get in Gryffindor tower, so don't forget it," Hermione warned the two.
They walked into the room, which Hermione told them was called the common room. She explained that everyone else was in classes now, and she told Ron to follow the staricase to the right side of the room until he found a door that said "5th Years" which is where he shoud find his bed. She brought Jenny up to her room and Ron went to his. He walked up the stairs and found the door, then he pushed it open. It had a few four poster beds, one of which had his trunk at the end of it. He heard Hermione calling him from the common room, so he shut the door and went back downstairs.
"I'm supposed to bring you to class now," Hermione said, "and since we have all the same classes, with the exception that you have Divination and I have Arithmancy. Right now is our second class, Charms, with Professor Flitwick. You had a Charms class in America right?" she asked.
"Yeah," Ron answered.
"Good, then you should be able to catch up soon." They followed Hermione to a room and she opened the door. The teacher, who was talking, looked at the door. "Professor Flitwick, this is Jenny and Ron, the new Gryffindors," Hermione explained.
"Jenny, Ron, please take a seat at the table behind Miss Granger and Mister Potter," the small man said. Ron and Jenny looked at Hermione and the black haired boy beside her, Harry Potter. The walked to the desks, passing the new Slytherin Jack, who was at a table with Draco. They got to the seats behind Hermione and Harry and they sat down. Professor Flitwick began talking again. "As I was saying, the new charm that we're learning today is the Floating Charm. This charm will make anything, from a feather to a human to an elephant float on water. The charm however, is limited to a thirty minute time period. The spell is 'Aquaflotos,'" he said. He lifted a fish bowl full of water onto his desk. Next he aimed his wand at the bottle of ink on his desk and said, "Aquaflotos!" He then picked up the bottle and dropped it into the bowl. Instead of sinking, it dropped into the water and floated. "Now," he informed, "get in groups of two to try this charm."
Ron and Jenny automatically paired up, and Flitwick brought a fishbowl and bottle of ink to everyone. "I would like each person to perform this spell two times, if you need assistance, don't be afraid to ask."
Ron took out his wand and aimed it at the bottle. "Aquaflotos!" He picked up the bottle and placed it into the bowl, where it floated. He did it once again, and Jenny did it twice, and soon the class was dismissed. Ron and Jenny met up with Hermione, Harry, and a red haired boy.
"Jenny, Ron, hey," Hermione said. "Oh, Harry and Ron, this is Ron and Jenny, Ron and Jenny, this is Harry Potter and Ron Weasley." Ron and Jenny said their hellos to Harry and Ron. "Two Rons," Hermione said. "I'll call you new Ron okay?" she asked Ron. "I know it sounds mean, but..."
"That's okay," Ron said, and they continued on to their next class, Potions.
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A/N: I know, pretty slow going and not very plotful, but I needed to start somehow. The plot should start to emerge by the next chapter.
A/N: My name is Ron, and I am 15, so the new main character is modeled after me.
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Ron looked at his schedule as he walked up the stairs to Hogwarts. He was 15, an exchange student from the American witch and wizard school, Fallsdale. It was the second day of school, and the first year where exchange students would come to Hogwarts. Ron was one of six exchange students to come to Hogwarts. Also coming from Fallsdale was Ron's friend Jenny. Ron was to go to Professor Albus Dumbledore's office where he, Jenny, and the other four exchange students would be sorted. Jenny came running up behind Ron. "Hey, Ron, sorry I'm late, my plane was late so I missed the second day train to Hogwarts and had to wait until it came back," she said.
"Oh," he said, "I was wondering where you were. I hope we get sorted into the same house. According to what we were studying in our history class, Harry Potter is in the same grade as us, in Gryffindor house. It'd be cool if that's where we were sorted to."
"Yeah," Jenny replied. They reached the top of the stairs and opened one of the two large doors at the entrance. They stepped inside the large school and followed the written directions to Professor Dumbledore's office. When they got there, the headmaster was already wating for them.
"You two are the last two to arrive," he greeted, "But that's alright. Please come inside so we can sort you and the other exchange students into you houses." Ron and Jenny followed the old man into the office, and saw that the other four students were in fact already there. They sat in the last two seats. Another professor, who Dumbledore addressed as Professor Mcgonagall, went to the first seat where a girl named Emily was sitting.
"Emily, from Australia," Mcgonagall said, without using the girl's last name. She set a hat, called the Sorting Hat, on Emily's head. (A/N: just imagine that the Sorting Hat only sings a song on the first day.)
The Sorting Hat seemed to think for a while, then shouted out: "Ravenclaw!" Mcgonagall removed the hat from Emily's head and put it on the next student's head.
"Anna, from Australia," she said. The Sorting Hat didn't take much time at all on Anna.
"Hufflepuff!"
"Jack, from France," Mcgonagall said and moved the hat to the next person.
"Slytherin!" the hat said after about a minute.
Again the professor moved the hat down the line, this time to Tomás, from Mexico. The Sorting Hat declaired him a Ravenclaw, and then it was Jenny's turn to be sorted.
The hat was placed on Jenny's head, and it took about three minutes to decide on Jenny's house. "Gryffindor!" it said, matter of factly.
Ron's heart pounded as the hat was placed on his head. He wanted to be placed in Gryffindor with Jenny and Harry Potter, and he was hoping that was what the hat would chose.
He heard the hat whispering to him. "Too strong a person for Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor are probably the best bets. Or Slytherin. No, Slytherin is out. Eh..." it said.
Ron smiled as the hat made it's decision. "Gryffindor!"
Mcgonagall removed the hat from Ron's head and Dumbledore started talking. "We have prefects coming to bring you to your rooms to get you settled in. Ah, here they are now," he said.
Four students walked in, a blonde girl for Hufflepuff, a black-haired boy for Ravenclaw, a white-blondish boy for Slytherin, and a brown haired girl for Gryffindor. As soon as Ron saw the Gryffindor prefect, he was amazed. She was everything he liked in a girl: her hair was semi-long and brown, but somewhat messy, she didn't care what others thought. And her eyes, Ron's favorite feature of a girl, were a nice deep brown. She looked smart and kind, which Ron also liked. Dumbledore spoke up again.
"Mr. Malfoy, you are to take Jack to Slytherin house," he said, and Draco Malfoy and Jack left. "Miss Granger, Ron and Jenny are the new Gryffindors, please take them with you," he said, and Ron and Jenny followed the girl, and they could hear Dumbledore instructing the Ravenclaw prefect to take Tomás and Emily to Ravenclaw.
"Okay, this is the way to Gryffindor," the girl said, walking down the hall. "Oh, and by the way, my name is Hermione, what's yours again?" she asked.
"I'm Jenny," Jenny said. "And this is my friend Ron. We're from America."
"That's cool," Hermione said. "Your accents are neat, I love American accents." Jenny laughed. They reached they end of the hall and Hermione led them to the right, down another hall that ended in a picture of a fat lady in a dress. "Candlestick," she whispered to the portrait, which flung open to allow entrance. "That's the password to get in Gryffindor tower, so don't forget it," Hermione warned the two.
They walked into the room, which Hermione told them was called the common room. She explained that everyone else was in classes now, and she told Ron to follow the staricase to the right side of the room until he found a door that said "5th Years" which is where he shoud find his bed. She brought Jenny up to her room and Ron went to his. He walked up the stairs and found the door, then he pushed it open. It had a few four poster beds, one of which had his trunk at the end of it. He heard Hermione calling him from the common room, so he shut the door and went back downstairs.
"I'm supposed to bring you to class now," Hermione said, "and since we have all the same classes, with the exception that you have Divination and I have Arithmancy. Right now is our second class, Charms, with Professor Flitwick. You had a Charms class in America right?" she asked.
"Yeah," Ron answered.
"Good, then you should be able to catch up soon." They followed Hermione to a room and she opened the door. The teacher, who was talking, looked at the door. "Professor Flitwick, this is Jenny and Ron, the new Gryffindors," Hermione explained.
"Jenny, Ron, please take a seat at the table behind Miss Granger and Mister Potter," the small man said. Ron and Jenny looked at Hermione and the black haired boy beside her, Harry Potter. The walked to the desks, passing the new Slytherin Jack, who was at a table with Draco. They got to the seats behind Hermione and Harry and they sat down. Professor Flitwick began talking again. "As I was saying, the new charm that we're learning today is the Floating Charm. This charm will make anything, from a feather to a human to an elephant float on water. The charm however, is limited to a thirty minute time period. The spell is 'Aquaflotos,'" he said. He lifted a fish bowl full of water onto his desk. Next he aimed his wand at the bottle of ink on his desk and said, "Aquaflotos!" He then picked up the bottle and dropped it into the bowl. Instead of sinking, it dropped into the water and floated. "Now," he informed, "get in groups of two to try this charm."
Ron and Jenny automatically paired up, and Flitwick brought a fishbowl and bottle of ink to everyone. "I would like each person to perform this spell two times, if you need assistance, don't be afraid to ask."
Ron took out his wand and aimed it at the bottle. "Aquaflotos!" He picked up the bottle and placed it into the bowl, where it floated. He did it once again, and Jenny did it twice, and soon the class was dismissed. Ron and Jenny met up with Hermione, Harry, and a red haired boy.
"Jenny, Ron, hey," Hermione said. "Oh, Harry and Ron, this is Ron and Jenny, Ron and Jenny, this is Harry Potter and Ron Weasley." Ron and Jenny said their hellos to Harry and Ron. "Two Rons," Hermione said. "I'll call you new Ron okay?" she asked Ron. "I know it sounds mean, but..."
"That's okay," Ron said, and they continued on to their next class, Potions.
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A/N: I know, pretty slow going and not very plotful, but I needed to start somehow. The plot should start to emerge by the next chapter.
