A/N:
Oh, poor Ronniekins and Hermione. And thanks to the ppls who told me who the math
teacher is! (Professor Vector, who would have known ^-^) Newayz, I hope you enjoy this part!
N, yes, now it has to start getting serious... well, a tad bit ^_-
Usual disclaimers apply.
When Opposites Attract- Part 3
By Iris Marie
"RON WEASLEY! HERMIONE GRANGER!?!" Madame Pince yelled, her face going an unusual shade
of red. The Slytherin students who accompanied her were laughing as Madame Pince tried to get
Ron off of Hermione. What she didn't know was that they were magnetized. She took Ron by the
stomach and tried in vain to get him off, but she couldn't and that caused the Slytherin students
to laugh even harder.
Eventually, she whipped out her wand and said, "Morbiliarbus!" Ron shocked, found his
body moving away from Hermione. But, to everyone's complete surprise, as Ron moved upwards,
Hermione's body was following him. Ron, trying desperately to push her away and him upward,
accidentally had his hands on her chest, magnetized.
"RON!!!!!" she screamed, trying in vain to push him away, but then her hands got stuck
towards his shoulders and the magnetizing effects were getting worse. Once more Ron felt his
head lowering, and he tried to get away. Madame Pince, getting sick on the scene, let go of the
hold and Ron and the duo fell on the floor with a thump. Once more they were stuck on a very
uncomfortable position. Ron's lips were now stuck to Hermione's cheek, Hermi able to turn her head
before his lips hit hers.
The Slytherin's were groaning, the scene grossing them out. Fred and George now hovered
over them, Lee Jordan standing on the side. Harry, laughing, came to the entwined duo. "Need
help?"
Ron mumbled something, but since his lips were stuck on Hermione's cheek, all that came
were unintelligible words. Hermione, the only one to understand, sent him a glare. "Ron, what
have I told you about cursing?"
Once more he mumbled something, Harry understanding the word asshole. "Well, he deserved
it," Hermione replied. Ron's hands were back to his sides, no longer magnetized to the area which
Hermi felt uncomfortable to mention. Madame Pince must have been complaining to Dumbledore by now
and she didn't want to know what the Slytherin's made out of the situation. And, one Slytherin
came back. Pansy Parkinson came over, about to comment, but Hermione was quicker.
Hermione raised her hand and wasn't too much surprised when it slapped Ron's cheek. His
lips came off her cheek and now he sat up, Hermione stuck to his side.
"OWW!!!" he yelled, raising his hand to touch where her hand slapped him. However,
just like Hermione's, his hand got magnetized and his hand flew to her cheek.
"OWW!!!" she screamed, watching Pansy stare at them in complete shock. Lee and the twins
were having similar reactions. Knowing the perfect excuse to explain this mess, she yelled, "How
dare you!"
Ron, not catching on, cringed. "Hermione, I'm sorry! I really didn't mean to smack you!
I swear!"
"Well sorry isn't going to cut it Ron Weasley! How dare you use that charm to make
me come to you like that!"
Pansy and the twins were confused, their brows furrowed. Even Ron was confused. "I mean
really, Ron, I would come to you whenever you want me to," she said, coming to him and wrapping
her arms around his tall frame. "You didn't need to charm me into coming back to you the way you
did."
Ron, confused even more, just stared at her as if she had gone completely draft. "Don't
you think... umm..." Hermione glanced wildly about, and then saw on a book that was on the
floor, "Learn How to Cook... Muggle Style! Complete Recipes from Spaghetti to Muffins!" Seeing
the latter word, she said again, "Don't you think so, Muffin?"
"Uhh... umm... yeah?" Pansy Parkinson pretended to barf, her face now disgusted. She turned
around and walked away, not wanting to see any more of the scene. Lee and twins also walked away,
but they were muttering "Muffin" and other jokes. When they were gone, Ron turned back to Hermi.
"Muffin? Where'd you get that?"
She picked up the cooking book and gave it to him. "Well, we all know how Madame Pince
can't stand stuff like.. well..." she gestured towards them both, clearly emphasizing the term
'relationship.' "And anyways, we had to explain why exactly we flew from across the room like
that."
"Is there such a thing as a magnetizing charm?"
"Well, there's a charm that a boy would use to keep his girl close," Harry said. "Good
cover up, at least. And it's time for third period."
"Damn it," Ron muttered, remembering that now they all had Charms with the same
Slytherin's that just saw the event. "What did I do?" he asked, glancing towards the ceiling.
"You ate candy," Harry replied, grinning. And then they walked out the door.
---------
So they went to Professor Flitwick's Charm class and once they entered the room, was when
the Slytherin side began laughing. "Hey Muffin!" They screamed, watching with amusement as Ron
kept his arm around Hermione's shoulder. Only Malfoy didn't laugh since he was still traumatized
with the fact that someone else knew the 'forbidden name.'
"Today we are going to learn a new charm that-"
"Why not as 'Muffin' the charms he knows!" Millicent Bulstrode yelled as the Slytherin
side patted her back and laughed along. "I'm sure he knows the perfect charm to keep his girl
in place."
"Yeah!" Blaise Zabini added. "'Muffin' not only knows that, but knows how to sneak into his
girl's bed at night! He knows how to keep his girl in place during the DAY and NIGHT!" They
cracked up more, and Professor Flitwick cleared his throat to gain their attention back.
"Please, students, calm down-"
"That's what 'Muffin' has to do!" Pansy Parkinson cried out and Ron saw as even some of
the Gryfinndor's were having problems in keeping their smiles and laughs to themselves. Harry,
for one in particular, was not looking anywhere but down at his quill. His lips were trembling
as if containing a smile and Ron kicked him. He looked up and he began chuckling along with
the rest.
Professor Flitwick was trying to sustain his smile, but it broke out upon his face. "We
all know that 'Muffin' knows how to do a lot," he said and Ron sunk into his chair for the hundredth
time that day, "-but we are in Charms class so let's start the lesson with charms and without
'Muffin.' Now, everyone take out their wands.."
The class progressed, but whenever the Slytherins got their chance, they would send
notes flying with the words 'Muffin' on it. Finally, the class ended and they left.
------
The school day ended and the teachers allowed the students to go to Hogsmeade. Well, they
allowed Hermione and Ron to go, but not before they had a little talk with them. Professor
McGonagall and Headmaster Dumbledore spent at least 5 minutes lecturing them about kissing
in public and sneaking to places at untimely hours. Ron suspected that Dumbledore knew since
when he was speaking about how 'dangerous' walking the halls as certain times can be, he popped
a candy in his mouth. But the worse was when Hermione had to use the invisibility cloak so Percy
could have 'the talk' with Ron.
They were in the common room, Harry in the hall with Seamus and Dean. Fred and George
were on the couch, playing with a new invention of theirs. Percy then cleared his throat and
he shifted uneasily on his feet. "Now, Ron, as the Head Boy and your older brother (plus mum's
making me) we have to have a little talk about the ::ahem:: naughty thing."
"Yeah! Tell him about the bee and the ant!" George called out from across the room.
"The bee and the ant?" Fred asked, confused. "Are you sure it was an ant? Wouldn't it be
bee and bee?"
"I know it involves a bee. Mum was having a fit when dad-"
"WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP!?!" Percy yelled, his face red. George and Fred shrugged, going
back towards their invention. "Now, Ron, when two people fall in love... well... they want
to express how much they... uhh... love each other. And well, when they express how much they
love each other.. well... usually they do in the... uhh... umm... *physical* way, which is the
naughty thing."
Ron flushed, wondering whether he could safely run out of the room undetected. He felt
Hermione's body being pressed against his back and he didn't even want to know how she was
reacting.
"Naughty thing?" Fred asked, intervening once again. "Percy, how can it be naughty when
the two people will be making babies?" George laughed at Percy's face.
"Do YOU TWO want to be explaining this to your little brother!?"
Fred laughed, glancing towards George. "I don't think he'd fare very well," Fred said.
"Don't you think, George?"
"Nope, he won't fare very well at all. And poor Hermione... she'd be the one to fare
the worst." With that comment, the twins burst out laughing, their little invention completely
forgotten in their mirth. Percy, shaking his head, led his younger brother away from the duo
and into a small corner of the common room.
"Since we're now away from those two clowns, let's continue," he paused, raising his hand
and then allowing it to fall. His face was beet red and Ron knew that Percy wished he could just
send him to George and Fred. If Hermione wasn't with him, he just might. But he knew that if the
twins explained it to him, with Hermione right behind him, he could NEVER face her again. Which
would be extremely unfortunate since he was magnetized to her. Finally, Percy continued, a hand
running nervously through his thick red hair. "Well, Ron, ::ahem:: it goes like this..."
Well, let's just say that by the time Percy finished, Ron was debating whether to crawl
to a little corner and cringe or laugh at loud at how Percy explained it. Fred and George,
however, chose the laughing. Before Percy could get another word out, however, Ron raced
out the common room and into the hallway.
Once they were out, Hermione refused to take off her cloak. Ron, forcing it off of her,
found both her hands covering her mouth, tears of laughter already falling. When he sent her
a bewildered look, she couldn't hold it in any longer and she began roaring with it. Ron soon
followed suite.
So now they were in Hogsmeade, entering Honeyduke's. The whole kissing thing in the library
was categorized silently as something that would never be mentioned, and definitely forgotten. But
Ron couldn't forget it. It wasn't just only his first time to kiss a girl, but that girl was Hermione
Granger! And then the feelings and sensations that came when his lips touched hers. Perhaps it was
only the things that people would feel when experiencing their first kiss, but it was such a new
and intoxicating feeling that, despite his will to change his mind, he wanted to experience again.
And he quietly thought that it couldn't be experienced again if it wasn't Hermione. Of course, that
thought was stuck deep, DEEP inside his mind and it didn't bother him much. So, they continued on
their course to Honeyduke's, and were surprised when they found the store empty. Behind the counter
was the shopkeeper, a box and four coins in front of him.
"Umm, excuse me?" Hermione muttered, walking forward.
The shopkeeper looked up and sighed. "I'm sorry, but we're closed."
"Closed? Why is Honeyduke's closed?"
"Well, we're missing a whole crate of Every Flavor Beans. In it's place was this." He
motioned towards the box. And then he picked up four knutes. "And this. We found them both where
the crate of Every Flavor Beans would be."
"What is in the box?" Harry asked innocently.
"Well, the makers seemed to have called them Magnet Beans," the shop-keeper said, picking
up a bean and then shaking his head. "It's an ingenious idea, but we can't sell them. Sir Zonko
would love to have them as a joke, but he can't sell them without knowing who the inventor/s are
and what the lasting effects are."
At the latter sentence, Ron froze. 'Inventors!?' He pushed Harry out of the store and Hermi
had no say since she was magnetized. When they were outside, Ron almost bursted. "INVENTORS! I'm
such an idiot!"
"What are you talking about!?"
"Fred and George! My own brothers! All summer long they've been playing around with these
ideas and I just realized that this must be one of them! Who else would make candy that would
force people to be magnetized?"
"They should have known!" Hermione cried out. "They put it there so we can be like their
rats or something!"
"Once I see them-" And as if his wish was granted, Fred and George were scaring a bunch
of first year Hufflepuffs. "FRED AND GEORGE WEASLEY!" Ron screamed and they turned around. The
twins, wondering what trouble they got into, bounded towards them.
"What is it?" George asked. "Do you need a better lesson then what Percy taught you?"
"Lesson?" Harry asked.
Ron shook his head, clearly telling him he didn't want to know. "So, my dear, sweet, big
older brothers," Ron began. "So tell me. Did you invent anything.. oh... I don't know... something
called Magnet Beans?"
Fred looked at him as if he was mental. "Magnet Beans? What the hell is a magnet bean?"
"Candy that MAGNETIZES people together!"
"Cool idea, Ron, but why are you asking that to us?"
"You're the ones who created it," Ron said.
Fred and George exchanged glances. "I'm glad you think so, bro, but the only thing we
came up with is this." And then in his hand was a candy wrapped. "We put a charm on it to
enlarge someone's tongue, but that's the only form of candy we've came up with."
"OY! FRED! GEORGE!" Lee Jordan screamed from the door of The Three Broomsticks. "Madame
Rosmerita is giving us FREE butterbeers!"
Fred and George gave each other high fives and then ran. Harry, Ron, and Hermione sighed.
"They play a lot of jokes, but one thing they won't do is lie," Ron said, sitting down cross-legged.
"Lasting effects... what ARE the lasting effects."
"Hey guys!" Ginny said, standing next to them. "Did you hear about Honeyduke's being
closed? Mum will be so disappointed we didn't get her any Coconut Ice. And dad really wanted
some Fizzing Wizzbees."
Ron nodded, running a free hand over his hair. "So where are your little friends?"
Ginny rolled her eyes. "Mourning cause Ron Weasley's taken," she muttered. Hermione
blushed, staring down. "They're at the Three Broomsticks because Madame Rosmerita is giving out
free butterbeers. The Honeyduke's shopkeeper wants to make up for his shop being closed so he
got her to give them to the students." Ginny paused, her eyes at Ron's arm. "Are you ever going
to let go of her? I know you guys might like each other, but I haven't seen you two stop touching
since this morning!"
"Well, I don't want to if I haven't yet," Ron replied. "C'mon. We might as well get some
butterbeers since they're free. And try to forget this mess."
"You can try," Hermione said. "But someone made it and that someone knows the solution
to this whole thing."
Ginny stared at her, her brows furrowed. "Hermione, what are you talking about?"
Hermi blushed, realizing that Ginny didn't know. Finally, she sighed. "You might as well
know, Ginny." And then she explained the whole situation to her. By the end, Ginny was grinning,
her eyes staring straight towards the arm that stayed magnetized to Hermione's shoulder. And Ron
and Hermione, who were too deeply absorbed in their problem, didn't see what Harry saw. A small
conspiratal smirk and a twinkle in the eyes.
-------
The next day progressed, Harry not able to talk to Ginny about Ron and Hermione. Thankfully
that night Ron was capable of keeping the cloak on him AND not get caught by Lavender and Parvati.
Of course, the cat was a problem, Crookshanks seeming to enjoy clawing against the door at the
late hours. By the time Harry got to breakfast, Hermione and Ron were off doing who knew what,
but most likely arguing. Harry seeing Ginny with an empty seat next to her sat down.
"All right, what did you do?" Harry asked, remembering the previous day events.
Ginny looked up, her brows furrowed. "What are you talking about?"
"When Hermione was explaining the thing to you, you had this look on."
"Look? Harry, that's completely ridiculous-" Ginny paused as Harry was giving her his own
Don't-Lie-Cause-Cause-I-Know look. She sighed and finally she took out two necklaces with stones
on them. "Here, just give each one to whichever. When it turns blue, or any other color, the
beans would have worn off."
"I knew it! You were the inventor of it!"
Ginny grinned. Hermione walked into the breakfast room with Ron, and before they sat down,
Ginny turned back to Harry. "Hey, I'm still, ya know, Fred and George's sister. It runs in the
family." Harry smiled at her and Ginny's cheeks warmed.
Ron and Hermione took a seat and Harry produced the two necklaces. "Ta-dah!"
Ron looked at him, staring at it in confusion. "What is that?"
"Look, I really didn't mean for YOU two to eat it," Ginny said. "But, here's something I
made last night. It'll help you two to figure out when it wears off." She dug into her robes and
produced a pouch. Opening it, she took out two beans. "I've also produced something that might
reverse it."
"YOU were the one who MADE it!?!?" Hermione asked.
Ginny blushed, giving a bean to each person. "Like I said, I didn't mean for YOU TWO to
actually EAT them!" She looked down and nudged the beans closer to each person. "And here. Just
eat that and I'm sure it'll wear off in a couple of minutes."
Ron and Hermione picked up their bean, and shrugging, popped them in their mouths. Once more
they felt that wonderful taste. However, when they actually swallowed it was when the amulets they
wore began glowing brighter. The utensils on each of the tables began shaking, the metal fork,
spoons, and plates beginning to point to Ron and Hermione's direction.
"Umm... hehe..." Ginny was staring at her pouch, her hand behind her head and was laughing
nervously. "Umm... I think I grabbed the wrong pouch..."
"YOU WHAT!"
The metal utensils began floating in the air. "DUCK!!!!"
to be continued...
Oh wells, it became serious for a few moments. Hehe... I love writing this. Please r/r!
Oh, poor Ronniekins and Hermione. And thanks to the ppls who told me who the math
teacher is! (Professor Vector, who would have known ^-^) Newayz, I hope you enjoy this part!
N, yes, now it has to start getting serious... well, a tad bit ^_-
Usual disclaimers apply.
When Opposites Attract- Part 3
By Iris Marie
"RON WEASLEY! HERMIONE GRANGER!?!" Madame Pince yelled, her face going an unusual shade
of red. The Slytherin students who accompanied her were laughing as Madame Pince tried to get
Ron off of Hermione. What she didn't know was that they were magnetized. She took Ron by the
stomach and tried in vain to get him off, but she couldn't and that caused the Slytherin students
to laugh even harder.
Eventually, she whipped out her wand and said, "Morbiliarbus!" Ron shocked, found his
body moving away from Hermione. But, to everyone's complete surprise, as Ron moved upwards,
Hermione's body was following him. Ron, trying desperately to push her away and him upward,
accidentally had his hands on her chest, magnetized.
"RON!!!!!" she screamed, trying in vain to push him away, but then her hands got stuck
towards his shoulders and the magnetizing effects were getting worse. Once more Ron felt his
head lowering, and he tried to get away. Madame Pince, getting sick on the scene, let go of the
hold and Ron and the duo fell on the floor with a thump. Once more they were stuck on a very
uncomfortable position. Ron's lips were now stuck to Hermione's cheek, Hermi able to turn her head
before his lips hit hers.
The Slytherin's were groaning, the scene grossing them out. Fred and George now hovered
over them, Lee Jordan standing on the side. Harry, laughing, came to the entwined duo. "Need
help?"
Ron mumbled something, but since his lips were stuck on Hermione's cheek, all that came
were unintelligible words. Hermione, the only one to understand, sent him a glare. "Ron, what
have I told you about cursing?"
Once more he mumbled something, Harry understanding the word asshole. "Well, he deserved
it," Hermione replied. Ron's hands were back to his sides, no longer magnetized to the area which
Hermi felt uncomfortable to mention. Madame Pince must have been complaining to Dumbledore by now
and she didn't want to know what the Slytherin's made out of the situation. And, one Slytherin
came back. Pansy Parkinson came over, about to comment, but Hermione was quicker.
Hermione raised her hand and wasn't too much surprised when it slapped Ron's cheek. His
lips came off her cheek and now he sat up, Hermione stuck to his side.
"OWW!!!" he yelled, raising his hand to touch where her hand slapped him. However,
just like Hermione's, his hand got magnetized and his hand flew to her cheek.
"OWW!!!" she screamed, watching Pansy stare at them in complete shock. Lee and the twins
were having similar reactions. Knowing the perfect excuse to explain this mess, she yelled, "How
dare you!"
Ron, not catching on, cringed. "Hermione, I'm sorry! I really didn't mean to smack you!
I swear!"
"Well sorry isn't going to cut it Ron Weasley! How dare you use that charm to make
me come to you like that!"
Pansy and the twins were confused, their brows furrowed. Even Ron was confused. "I mean
really, Ron, I would come to you whenever you want me to," she said, coming to him and wrapping
her arms around his tall frame. "You didn't need to charm me into coming back to you the way you
did."
Ron, confused even more, just stared at her as if she had gone completely draft. "Don't
you think... umm..." Hermione glanced wildly about, and then saw on a book that was on the
floor, "Learn How to Cook... Muggle Style! Complete Recipes from Spaghetti to Muffins!" Seeing
the latter word, she said again, "Don't you think so, Muffin?"
"Uhh... umm... yeah?" Pansy Parkinson pretended to barf, her face now disgusted. She turned
around and walked away, not wanting to see any more of the scene. Lee and twins also walked away,
but they were muttering "Muffin" and other jokes. When they were gone, Ron turned back to Hermi.
"Muffin? Where'd you get that?"
She picked up the cooking book and gave it to him. "Well, we all know how Madame Pince
can't stand stuff like.. well..." she gestured towards them both, clearly emphasizing the term
'relationship.' "And anyways, we had to explain why exactly we flew from across the room like
that."
"Is there such a thing as a magnetizing charm?"
"Well, there's a charm that a boy would use to keep his girl close," Harry said. "Good
cover up, at least. And it's time for third period."
"Damn it," Ron muttered, remembering that now they all had Charms with the same
Slytherin's that just saw the event. "What did I do?" he asked, glancing towards the ceiling.
"You ate candy," Harry replied, grinning. And then they walked out the door.
---------
So they went to Professor Flitwick's Charm class and once they entered the room, was when
the Slytherin side began laughing. "Hey Muffin!" They screamed, watching with amusement as Ron
kept his arm around Hermione's shoulder. Only Malfoy didn't laugh since he was still traumatized
with the fact that someone else knew the 'forbidden name.'
"Today we are going to learn a new charm that-"
"Why not as 'Muffin' the charms he knows!" Millicent Bulstrode yelled as the Slytherin
side patted her back and laughed along. "I'm sure he knows the perfect charm to keep his girl
in place."
"Yeah!" Blaise Zabini added. "'Muffin' not only knows that, but knows how to sneak into his
girl's bed at night! He knows how to keep his girl in place during the DAY and NIGHT!" They
cracked up more, and Professor Flitwick cleared his throat to gain their attention back.
"Please, students, calm down-"
"That's what 'Muffin' has to do!" Pansy Parkinson cried out and Ron saw as even some of
the Gryfinndor's were having problems in keeping their smiles and laughs to themselves. Harry,
for one in particular, was not looking anywhere but down at his quill. His lips were trembling
as if containing a smile and Ron kicked him. He looked up and he began chuckling along with
the rest.
Professor Flitwick was trying to sustain his smile, but it broke out upon his face. "We
all know that 'Muffin' knows how to do a lot," he said and Ron sunk into his chair for the hundredth
time that day, "-but we are in Charms class so let's start the lesson with charms and without
'Muffin.' Now, everyone take out their wands.."
The class progressed, but whenever the Slytherins got their chance, they would send
notes flying with the words 'Muffin' on it. Finally, the class ended and they left.
------
The school day ended and the teachers allowed the students to go to Hogsmeade. Well, they
allowed Hermione and Ron to go, but not before they had a little talk with them. Professor
McGonagall and Headmaster Dumbledore spent at least 5 minutes lecturing them about kissing
in public and sneaking to places at untimely hours. Ron suspected that Dumbledore knew since
when he was speaking about how 'dangerous' walking the halls as certain times can be, he popped
a candy in his mouth. But the worse was when Hermione had to use the invisibility cloak so Percy
could have 'the talk' with Ron.
They were in the common room, Harry in the hall with Seamus and Dean. Fred and George
were on the couch, playing with a new invention of theirs. Percy then cleared his throat and
he shifted uneasily on his feet. "Now, Ron, as the Head Boy and your older brother (plus mum's
making me) we have to have a little talk about the ::ahem:: naughty thing."
"Yeah! Tell him about the bee and the ant!" George called out from across the room.
"The bee and the ant?" Fred asked, confused. "Are you sure it was an ant? Wouldn't it be
bee and bee?"
"I know it involves a bee. Mum was having a fit when dad-"
"WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP!?!" Percy yelled, his face red. George and Fred shrugged, going
back towards their invention. "Now, Ron, when two people fall in love... well... they want
to express how much they... uhh... love each other. And well, when they express how much they
love each other.. well... usually they do in the... uhh... umm... *physical* way, which is the
naughty thing."
Ron flushed, wondering whether he could safely run out of the room undetected. He felt
Hermione's body being pressed against his back and he didn't even want to know how she was
reacting.
"Naughty thing?" Fred asked, intervening once again. "Percy, how can it be naughty when
the two people will be making babies?" George laughed at Percy's face.
"Do YOU TWO want to be explaining this to your little brother!?"
Fred laughed, glancing towards George. "I don't think he'd fare very well," Fred said.
"Don't you think, George?"
"Nope, he won't fare very well at all. And poor Hermione... she'd be the one to fare
the worst." With that comment, the twins burst out laughing, their little invention completely
forgotten in their mirth. Percy, shaking his head, led his younger brother away from the duo
and into a small corner of the common room.
"Since we're now away from those two clowns, let's continue," he paused, raising his hand
and then allowing it to fall. His face was beet red and Ron knew that Percy wished he could just
send him to George and Fred. If Hermione wasn't with him, he just might. But he knew that if the
twins explained it to him, with Hermione right behind him, he could NEVER face her again. Which
would be extremely unfortunate since he was magnetized to her. Finally, Percy continued, a hand
running nervously through his thick red hair. "Well, Ron, ::ahem:: it goes like this..."
Well, let's just say that by the time Percy finished, Ron was debating whether to crawl
to a little corner and cringe or laugh at loud at how Percy explained it. Fred and George,
however, chose the laughing. Before Percy could get another word out, however, Ron raced
out the common room and into the hallway.
Once they were out, Hermione refused to take off her cloak. Ron, forcing it off of her,
found both her hands covering her mouth, tears of laughter already falling. When he sent her
a bewildered look, she couldn't hold it in any longer and she began roaring with it. Ron soon
followed suite.
So now they were in Hogsmeade, entering Honeyduke's. The whole kissing thing in the library
was categorized silently as something that would never be mentioned, and definitely forgotten. But
Ron couldn't forget it. It wasn't just only his first time to kiss a girl, but that girl was Hermione
Granger! And then the feelings and sensations that came when his lips touched hers. Perhaps it was
only the things that people would feel when experiencing their first kiss, but it was such a new
and intoxicating feeling that, despite his will to change his mind, he wanted to experience again.
And he quietly thought that it couldn't be experienced again if it wasn't Hermione. Of course, that
thought was stuck deep, DEEP inside his mind and it didn't bother him much. So, they continued on
their course to Honeyduke's, and were surprised when they found the store empty. Behind the counter
was the shopkeeper, a box and four coins in front of him.
"Umm, excuse me?" Hermione muttered, walking forward.
The shopkeeper looked up and sighed. "I'm sorry, but we're closed."
"Closed? Why is Honeyduke's closed?"
"Well, we're missing a whole crate of Every Flavor Beans. In it's place was this." He
motioned towards the box. And then he picked up four knutes. "And this. We found them both where
the crate of Every Flavor Beans would be."
"What is in the box?" Harry asked innocently.
"Well, the makers seemed to have called them Magnet Beans," the shop-keeper said, picking
up a bean and then shaking his head. "It's an ingenious idea, but we can't sell them. Sir Zonko
would love to have them as a joke, but he can't sell them without knowing who the inventor/s are
and what the lasting effects are."
At the latter sentence, Ron froze. 'Inventors!?' He pushed Harry out of the store and Hermi
had no say since she was magnetized. When they were outside, Ron almost bursted. "INVENTORS! I'm
such an idiot!"
"What are you talking about!?"
"Fred and George! My own brothers! All summer long they've been playing around with these
ideas and I just realized that this must be one of them! Who else would make candy that would
force people to be magnetized?"
"They should have known!" Hermione cried out. "They put it there so we can be like their
rats or something!"
"Once I see them-" And as if his wish was granted, Fred and George were scaring a bunch
of first year Hufflepuffs. "FRED AND GEORGE WEASLEY!" Ron screamed and they turned around. The
twins, wondering what trouble they got into, bounded towards them.
"What is it?" George asked. "Do you need a better lesson then what Percy taught you?"
"Lesson?" Harry asked.
Ron shook his head, clearly telling him he didn't want to know. "So, my dear, sweet, big
older brothers," Ron began. "So tell me. Did you invent anything.. oh... I don't know... something
called Magnet Beans?"
Fred looked at him as if he was mental. "Magnet Beans? What the hell is a magnet bean?"
"Candy that MAGNETIZES people together!"
"Cool idea, Ron, but why are you asking that to us?"
"You're the ones who created it," Ron said.
Fred and George exchanged glances. "I'm glad you think so, bro, but the only thing we
came up with is this." And then in his hand was a candy wrapped. "We put a charm on it to
enlarge someone's tongue, but that's the only form of candy we've came up with."
"OY! FRED! GEORGE!" Lee Jordan screamed from the door of The Three Broomsticks. "Madame
Rosmerita is giving us FREE butterbeers!"
Fred and George gave each other high fives and then ran. Harry, Ron, and Hermione sighed.
"They play a lot of jokes, but one thing they won't do is lie," Ron said, sitting down cross-legged.
"Lasting effects... what ARE the lasting effects."
"Hey guys!" Ginny said, standing next to them. "Did you hear about Honeyduke's being
closed? Mum will be so disappointed we didn't get her any Coconut Ice. And dad really wanted
some Fizzing Wizzbees."
Ron nodded, running a free hand over his hair. "So where are your little friends?"
Ginny rolled her eyes. "Mourning cause Ron Weasley's taken," she muttered. Hermione
blushed, staring down. "They're at the Three Broomsticks because Madame Rosmerita is giving out
free butterbeers. The Honeyduke's shopkeeper wants to make up for his shop being closed so he
got her to give them to the students." Ginny paused, her eyes at Ron's arm. "Are you ever going
to let go of her? I know you guys might like each other, but I haven't seen you two stop touching
since this morning!"
"Well, I don't want to if I haven't yet," Ron replied. "C'mon. We might as well get some
butterbeers since they're free. And try to forget this mess."
"You can try," Hermione said. "But someone made it and that someone knows the solution
to this whole thing."
Ginny stared at her, her brows furrowed. "Hermione, what are you talking about?"
Hermi blushed, realizing that Ginny didn't know. Finally, she sighed. "You might as well
know, Ginny." And then she explained the whole situation to her. By the end, Ginny was grinning,
her eyes staring straight towards the arm that stayed magnetized to Hermione's shoulder. And Ron
and Hermione, who were too deeply absorbed in their problem, didn't see what Harry saw. A small
conspiratal smirk and a twinkle in the eyes.
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The next day progressed, Harry not able to talk to Ginny about Ron and Hermione. Thankfully
that night Ron was capable of keeping the cloak on him AND not get caught by Lavender and Parvati.
Of course, the cat was a problem, Crookshanks seeming to enjoy clawing against the door at the
late hours. By the time Harry got to breakfast, Hermione and Ron were off doing who knew what,
but most likely arguing. Harry seeing Ginny with an empty seat next to her sat down.
"All right, what did you do?" Harry asked, remembering the previous day events.
Ginny looked up, her brows furrowed. "What are you talking about?"
"When Hermione was explaining the thing to you, you had this look on."
"Look? Harry, that's completely ridiculous-" Ginny paused as Harry was giving her his own
Don't-Lie-Cause-Cause-I-Know look. She sighed and finally she took out two necklaces with stones
on them. "Here, just give each one to whichever. When it turns blue, or any other color, the
beans would have worn off."
"I knew it! You were the inventor of it!"
Ginny grinned. Hermione walked into the breakfast room with Ron, and before they sat down,
Ginny turned back to Harry. "Hey, I'm still, ya know, Fred and George's sister. It runs in the
family." Harry smiled at her and Ginny's cheeks warmed.
Ron and Hermione took a seat and Harry produced the two necklaces. "Ta-dah!"
Ron looked at him, staring at it in confusion. "What is that?"
"Look, I really didn't mean for YOU two to eat it," Ginny said. "But, here's something I
made last night. It'll help you two to figure out when it wears off." She dug into her robes and
produced a pouch. Opening it, she took out two beans. "I've also produced something that might
reverse it."
"YOU were the one who MADE it!?!?" Hermione asked.
Ginny blushed, giving a bean to each person. "Like I said, I didn't mean for YOU TWO to
actually EAT them!" She looked down and nudged the beans closer to each person. "And here. Just
eat that and I'm sure it'll wear off in a couple of minutes."
Ron and Hermione picked up their bean, and shrugging, popped them in their mouths. Once more
they felt that wonderful taste. However, when they actually swallowed it was when the amulets they
wore began glowing brighter. The utensils on each of the tables began shaking, the metal fork,
spoons, and plates beginning to point to Ron and Hermione's direction.
"Umm... hehe..." Ginny was staring at her pouch, her hand behind her head and was laughing
nervously. "Umm... I think I grabbed the wrong pouch..."
"YOU WHAT!"
The metal utensils began floating in the air. "DUCK!!!!"
to be continued...
Oh wells, it became serious for a few moments. Hehe... I love writing this. Please r/r!