A/N: Because I am missing Harry Potter so much right now, I thought I would dwell over their schooling years and throw in some small, short and hopefully fun one-shots that cover the main characters in all 6 of their schooling years and maybe their adventure in their 7th.
-Gonna go with a spell theme for each chapter
-Sticking with normal couples (H/G and R/H) Mainly R/H though.
(I don't own HP, blah blah blah. These are just possible events that could have happened.)
Year: 3rd
Aqua Eructo
Harry stood firm to the spot as a stream of water coming from his wand shot directly into the large wooden bucket on the other side of the courtyard.
"Well done, Harry. Well done." Professor Lupin spoke as he then turned his attention to the other students each facing their own buckets at least 30 ft away from them. "Now everybody. Aqua Eructo!"
Immediately, bursts of water were erupting all throughout the yard as only a few students so far, could successfully aim and control their spout of water. Hermione seemed to have the spell down within seconds as she had already read about it in Mastering the Elements; Water Edition. Ron however, was not as lucky or put in a blunt way; talented. While students around him found themselves with strong jets of water shooting out of their wands, Ron could barely get a drop.
His poor success at the water spell reminded him of a muggle toy that his dad had brought home one day and showed to him and his siblings. Ginny had found little enjoyment out of it as she didn't see the use of it and its cumbersome methods. Fred and George however went wild with it as they weren't allowed to use magic freely yet, even though they had just purchased wands from Olivanders the year before. A 'water gun' dad had called it, could shoot water about ten feet after pumping rigorously for about a minute. Ron sadly was handed the guns by his brothers after they were almost entirely drained of water. Therefore, when he pulled the trigger, only a small spurt of water came from the front of the gun usually going no further then his shoes.
Luckily, everyone around Ron seemed to be busy with their own spell casting and not focusing on Ron's pathetic water stream. Even the students that had the spell down were having fun with it, attempting to spray water at certain teachers' windows while Lupin was not looking. One student though found no joy in breaking a simple rule like that and instead observed her surrounding classmates.
By the time their Defense Against the Dark Arts class had ended, Ron's water spout had only reached 5 feet in front of him and would twitch this way and that like a shaking rail car going down a bumpy hill. Ron was so frustrated however at his failure that he kept at it trying to steady his stream of water.
"How pathetic Weasley." Draco hissed as he approached Ron and Harry from behind. Ron tried to ignore him as his eyes stayed focused on the spell at hand.
"I'm afraid you don't really have the ability to conjure anything of acceptable value." Malfoy spat, now a few feet away from Ron's left side, easily avoiding the weak water spell.
Harry felt bad for his friend and couldn't stand it any longer. Seeing as Ron was not standing up for himself, Harry stepped in. "Back off Malfoy!" Harry yelled as he stepped between on and Draco. "He's just practicing."
Draco smirked evilly and looked up at Harry and then to Ron. "What's the use of practicing if he will never have to ability to even put out a small ember." Crabbe and Goyle nodded behind him as they snuck in a low high five behind their leaders back. After a few moments of silence, Draco turned back towards the corridor and with his buddies following behind him as a shuttered Ron still focused on his spell.
Harry put a hand on Ron's arm as he lowered Ron wand. "Come on Ron, we'll practice later without those idiots interrupting." Ron nodded in compliance, as both anger and aggravation shown through his eyes. Walking quickly to catch up to Malfoy, Ron re-raised his wand hand about to shoot a hex at Malfoy when a powerful line of water shot past him and hit Malfoy in the back soaking him from head to toe. By the time Malfoy had turned around to see the origin of the spell, all he saw was Ron holding his wand up towards him. With a screwed up face Malfoy rushed away, clearly astonished at the event.
"That wasn't me Har-" Ron tried to finish as Harry mouthed 'I know' behind him. Ron surveyed the area surrounding them, but with all the students passing, was still unsure of the origin of the spell. Happy at Malfoy's reaction however, Ron continued on his way with Harry with a little more spring in his step.
Later in the Gryffindor common room Harry met up with Hermione as she was finishing both her Divination and Arithmancy homework. "You could of gotten him in trouble if Malfoy complained to a professor." Harry said dryly after making sure no one could hear him. Hermione looked up with a smile on her face as she gathered her books in her arms. "Who said it was me?"
