March 1, 1987:

Harry waited until Fred and George cast the spell to unlock the door before he gently turned the knob. Sliding across the floor he stopped beside Ron's head and then bent down beside his ear.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY RON!" Harry screamed and Ron's eyes opened wide and he screamed before he realized it was Harry.

"Geesh scare me to death, why don't ya, Harry?" Ron scolded and Harry grinned bouncing onto the bed beside him.

"Happy Birthday." Harry reiterated handing him a golden package.

"Thanks! Can I open it now?" Ron questioned eyes wide and at Harry's nod he tore into the package. Inside was a tiny broom that was a replica of the newest brom on the market.

"Thanks, Harry! Where'd you find a replica at?" Ron questioned taking the stand out and moving to put it above his bed.

"Place it on the ground first. I have to show you something." Harry insisted and as soon as the broom touched the ground it started to glow and in palce of the broom was the actual broom.

"You got me a broom!?" Ron screamed and tackled Harry in a hug knocking him back against the bed.

"Yep, I sold necklaces in Dad and Uncle Gideon's shop until I had enough." Harry nodded and hugged his cousin back.

"This is wicked awesome, Harry." Ron beamed and the started examining every inch of the broom.

"Look at the handle." Harry suggested and Ron did eyes going wide. In gold carving was 'Ronald Bilius Weasley'.

"You had it engraved?" Ron questioned and Harry shook his head.

"I used this new quill Dad and Uncle Gideon invented. It can be charmed to write onto something and then as you write it carves what you write. It's a better version of those bad blood quills and it comes with different colored tips." Harry explained and Ron tackled him in a hug again.

"You're the best cousin ever." Ron declared.


Ron was so excited to get his party started and see what the theme was this year. Every year since they'd moved here the birthday parties were themed and put together in the field beside the house. Last year there had been a circus and before that a Quidditch party had taken place with whoever caught the snitch winning a prize. Finally everyone was done eating breakfast and washing up.

"Ok, is everyone ready to see what Ron's birthday party is going to be this year?" Molly called and all of the kids crowded around the door nodding eagerly.

"Ok, Ron close your eyes and no giving hints about what you're seeing everyone." Molly warned and placed a bandana around Ron's eyes. Ron's excitement grew as he heard the gasps from his siblings and cousin.

"Alright, Ron you can remove your blindfold now." Molly informed Ron jerked it off stopping in his tracks.

"WOW!" Ron screamed and hugged his Mom, Dad, Uncle Fabian, and Uncle Gideon before bouncing in place.

"Alright, take off you lot." Molly encouraged and the children split up running to different booths. Set up in the back yard was a mini-carnival with games and rides for the kids to enjoy.

Severus was at the dart game where the balloons were filled with paint, spells, and extra prizes. Then Minerva was in her animagus form hiding among stuffed animals that had been charmed to look real and the children got three tries to find her. To make it harder there were even some charmed cats that matched her animagus form perfectly. Fabian and Gideon had set up a joke house ride that instead of scaring the kids would do random things to them as they rode through it. Arthur was running a booth that gave each child a different challenge after asking them some questions. Bill and Charlie had worked together to create their version of magical chairs where the chairs actually did things. Remus had a booth that used balloons like Severus's when the balloons were popped, but it was a battle between two or more people. As balloons were popped they attacked other opponents and who ever was hit the least was the winner, though there were prizes for funniest looking and most messy. She was at the booth assisting Arthur who was in a dunking booth, the catch? The target spun and when the ball hit it then it would stop and dunk him into water with random potions or spells in it. Hagrid had the last booth set up that everyone would play. It was a rope pulling contest with a lot of differences to it. The rope could change to be slimy or covered in paint randomly, send tickling jinxes, and when you finally fell in the mud had multiple color potions mixed in it. In Ron's opinion this was the best birthday party he'd ever had.

That evening as Ron was being tucked into bed he looked at the picture sitting on his nightstand. It was from that day after the rope contest. He had green skin, purple hair, and the nose of a horse. Harry, who was on his right, had scales going down his body with winged ears and a dragon's tail. As it went on it got sillier: Fred's hair had become an octupus, George had feet the size of Ginny and had them kicked out to the side so he could be seen sitting down, Ginny was a pink fuzzy troll with a purple mohawk, Percy had his feet attached to a bouncy ball and was bouncing in place, Bill had been shrunk to Ginny's size and had flowers covering most of his body, Charlie was excited because he had smoke coming out of his ears and every time he opened his mouth a multicolored bubbles trickled out, Professor Dumbledore had a bird nesting in his beard and was bald on top of his head which had been charm to look like the night sky, Professor McGonagall was the color of her animagus form and had green whiskers sticking out, Professor Snape had a mane for hair and red fur covering his body, Uncle Fabian and Uncle Gideon had been joined together and looked like siamese cats, Mommy had bunny ears and every time she hopped eggs would fall behind her, Daddy was in swimming trunks with puple skin and a rubber duck float around his waist, and finally Hagrid had been hit when the puddle exploded and was twice his normal height and covered in trees and plants that looked like they were growing from inside of him.

He couldn't wait to see what next year had in store for him.