Author's Note: I would have waited longer to upload chapter two, but I did promise a fan yesterday that I would update today. So that's what I'm doing, I keep my promises. :-D Thankyou to everyone who reviewed and junk. ;-D
This chappie is kind of short but the next one is a long one. Don't worry.
Chapter 2: The Social Experiment
Everyone, boys and girls, looked confused. McGonagall continued, "Both groups say that their gender has it harder than the other, let us test this theory. Ladies, I want you to make a list of all the usual problems girls your age have." The girls squealed in excitement and began chattering. "Gentlemen, you will do the same, but for the problems of boys. Understand, I want these lists to be thoroughly honest and true. Do not just make up problems in order to watch the other 'team' suffer," she glanced at Fred and George, who were smiling mischievously. "Understand?" everyone nodded but Seamus raised his hand. "A question, Mr. Finnigan?"
"Yeah, can we have team names?"
Several girls made a noise like 'tsch' and rolled their eyes. "Why can't we just be Boys versus Girls?" asked Ginny.
"Because team names are more fun, duh! It helps to unify it's members," Seamus said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Fine, at the top your lists, write your team name," McGonagall said, a hint of annoyance in her voice.
Just then Hermione began to wonder why she and Ron were still standing up there when her question was answered. "As for you two," Ron gulped. "You'll be the most important people on your teams and in this experiment." Everyone stopped talking and writing, some had already begun making the lists, and returned their attention to their professor. "Everyone, watch carefully, state your names," she said to Ron and Hermione.
"Hermione Granger," she said confidently in her feminine voice.
"Erm, Ron Weasley," he said warily in his deep one.
"Very good. Now," she raised her wand up and cast an apparently difficult non-verbal spell on Ron and Hermione. Everyone in the room gasped. Ron and Hermione felt their bodies tingling but weren't sure what was the cause of it. "State your names once more, please."
"Uh, Hermione Granger?" She gasped too as her voice was now low and mannish. She stared at the shocked faces of her fellow girls.
"R-Ron W-Weasley?" he stuttered, then he cleared his throat, thinking that the girly voice he now had was probably just something caught in his throat, "Ron Weasley." The sound that came from his mouth didn't change and he looked at the expression on his friends' faces for some indication of what was wrong with him.
"As you can see, I have preformed a gender switching spell on Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley," said McGonagall knowingly to the crowd.
"G-g-gender switching? You mean, you took away my man-hood?" Ron asked. Several people laughed while many guys shook their heads solemnly. Hermione sighed and was unsure of what to make of the situation upon her. "So, now I have a...a..."
"Yes, Ron. You have a vagina and I have a penis. Deal with it," snapped Hermione. The entire room roared with laughter at Hermione's straight forwardness. Even McGonagall chuckled softly before quickly regaining her composure.
"Yes, Mr. Weasley, that is now the case. You'll find that you and Miss Granger are both exactly atomically correct for your new gender," said McGonagall, giving Ron and Hermione the once over and deciding that they were indeed correct.
Ron looked like he was about to pass out, Hermione looked as though she had just been slapped in the face and was trying -- and failing -- to hide her discomfort, and everyone else was still in disbelief but a few were gradually managing to come around.
"Wait, Professor, I don't understand. What are the lists for?" asked Ron groggily.
"Ron, isn't it obvious?" said Hermione sternly. "We each take the list made by the opposite team and have to go through the stuff they've put on it as the 'common problems'."
"Yes, that would be correct. When you are done with your lists I would like you to bring them to me," McGonagall said to the room. "And before you ask, Miss Granger," for Hermione had opened her mouth to speak. "Yes, you and Mr. Weasley are allowed to help make the lists."
Hermione smiled and closed her mouth, her question answered.
"While you make your lists, I'll comprise a set of rules to follow. See you all when you are done." On that parting note, she left the Gryffindor common room to go and make the list of rules. The second she had stepped out of the portrait hole, the immense amount of talking was nearly unbearable.
The girls all began crowding around Hermione, trying to examine every inch of her, wondering what they would look like as boys. Hermione's medium length, brown hair was now cut short, with bangs ending at her eyebrows and sweeping on the side (a/n basically Draco's hair in third year movie, only brown, I love Draco's hair!). Her face was mostly the same but her jaw line had become more noticeably square and her eyelashes and brows slightly more furry. She, of course, no longer had breasts, and her stomach, arms, and legs had hardened a bit. Her feet and hands increased in size. She would've been a very cute boy except for the fact that she was still wearing girls clothing. She decided to worry about clothes later.
The guys were a bit wary of Ron. Harry was the first to come up and bring him back to the group where they had written a few thing down on their list.
"So, Ron...How do you feel?" asked Harry, surveying his friend's new body.
"I'd feel a lot better if you all would stop staring at my chest," Ron said jokingly. The other guys laughed and a few blushed. Ron now had wavy red hair that came down about two inches past his shoulders. His muscles were not as defined as before and he felt his butt get a bit bigger. His nose got a little smaller and more pointed. His eyelashes grew darker and his brows had a definite arch. His fingers thinned and the hair on his legs seemed to have singed away. He wasn't gorgeous but he wasn't bad looking, he too would look better once he had proper clothing. "So, erm, this list, what are we doing for it?"
Author's Note:
A Question for you all: How many of you like Ron/Hermione ships? How many just don't care? How many people will send me hate mail if it ends up that way? I just thought I should ask before I act. lol. If you think I'm just trying to get people to leave reviews, feel free to PM me. Thanks again.
