MISSING MOMENTS: DEATHLY HALLOWS
CHAPTER ONE: SPATTERGROITS!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything relating to Harry Potter. I am merely a fan, wanting to fill in some of the missing moments in JKR's brilliant book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
SUMMARY OF CHAPTER ONE: We all know that Ron and Hermione kiss on page 625 of Deathly Hallows, but what leads up to that kiss? Here are some missing moments from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This particular scene is when Ron and Hermione decide disguise the ghoul in the attic as Ron with Spattergroit. I apologize ahead of time, if my fan fiction doesn't exactly match the books. I'm trying my hardest… so with out further ado, I present to you the first installment of MISSING MOMENTS: DEATHLY HALLOWS
"Spattergroit!" Ron exclaimed. "What?" asked Hermione, slightly confused. "You know, Spattergroit, the disease?" That can be my excuse! We'll tell Hogwarts I'm sick!" Ron and Hermione were up in Ron's small, cramped room. Ron's long body was stretched out on his rather small bed, his feet dangling off the end. Hermione sat on a small stool on the opposite end of the closet-size room, putting various objects into her small beaded bag. She stopped for a moment and looked up at Ron. "Oh Ron, that's brilliant!" she said with an excited smile on her face. But then her face fell, "But wait, what if they decide to check up on you, to see if your actually ill? I mean, if they come, obviously, you won't be there." Ron leaned his head back on the wall behind him, his hands cushioned between the wall and his head.
Ron tried to come up with a better plan, but the ghoul in the attic above him banged noisily on the pipes. It was difficult to think with the ghoul banging away. If only he would stop!
Too bad that bloody ghoul didn't have Spattergroit, Ron thought miserably.
Then he wouldn't be able to- Ron sat bolt upright. "The ghoul!" he cried. Hermione peered at him quizzically. "We can give the ghoul Spattergroit! We'll dress him up as me, then when the ministry comes to check I'll be here!" Hermione set down her bag and looked toward the ceiling. "But won't they know that he isn't really you? A Ghoul doesn't exactly look like a human," she said pointedly.
Why did she have to question every idea he had? Ron wondered. But he'd show her. He was going to make this plan work. "Yeah, but if they come to check, they won't want to get too close. It's really contagious. So if we give him some purple boils and red hair, and put him in my bed, they'll look in, see that someone's there and leave," Ron explained.
Hermione bit her lip, thinking it over. It could work, she supposed. As long as they didn't come too close. Of course it would be dangerous. What if they did realize that the ghoul wasn't really Ron? What would happen to Ron's family? Would they get into trouble for being caught in a lie? Whoever came would obviously know that Ron was with Harry.
Ron nervously watched as Hermione thought over his plan. Why was he so nervous? It wasn't like it really mattered if she disapproved. But still, he wanted so badly to show, for just once, that he was clever enough to come up with one of their plans.
"Well? What do you think?" he asked. "I think it's brilliant! Just so long as were careful. I mean, no one can find out it isn't really you," she said, still biting her lip slightly. Ron nodded in agreement, he didn't want anyone to get into trouble just because he wanted to be safe.
"Do you think your parents would agree to this?" Hermione asked. Ron shrugged. "I don't know. Mum probably won't, but Dad might go along." Hermione opened her mouth to point out that both Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had to agree to do it. Ron cut her off. "But, Dad can talk her around," Ron finished and Hermione quickly shut her mouth.
At that moment Ginny, Ron's younger sister, opened the door. "Mum wants you two to come down to the kitchen. The rest of the Order's arrived and they want to go over the plan one last time before tomorrow."
"Alright, we'll be down in a second." Ron said stretching. Hermione stood.
"We'll finish talking later," she said before exiting behind Ginny. Ginny turned around to face them. "What will you finish talking about?" she asked nosily.
"None of your business," Ron shot at her.
"Fine be that way. But it had better not be about not going back to school. Mum said she doesn't want talk like that in the house." She said in a tattling voice.
"Well, she won't find out about what we were talking about, will she?" Ron said threateningly.
"So you were talking about not going back, where you?" Ginny pestered.
"I never said that," Ron answered sharply, pushing past her, closely followed by Hermione. They exchanged nervous glances. What would Mrs. Weasley do when she found out that they were, indeed planning on not returning to school? As much as Ron feared Lord Voldemort, he most certainly feared the wrath of his mother more.
A/N: I would like to thank anyone and everyone who has decided to read this. It's one of my first fan fictions, so any comments, good or bad, would be greatly appreciated. I'm always looking for constructive criticism. Thanks again!!
-Lily Rose-