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Chapter 11 Ronniekins, Gin-Gin, Mione, Nev, Gred, and Forge

Ron wasn't a great student. He knew that. Ron wasn't popular. He knew that. Ron wasn't rich. He knew that. Ron never had anything new in his life. Ron was always overlooked and compared to his brothers; Bill - the cursebreaker, Charlie – the one who worked with dragons, Percy – the prefect, the perfect son, the twins – pranksters and excellent in charms and transfiguration (and probably would be good in potions if not for Snape). Ron knew that.

Knew that, and hated it. More than anything, he wanted to be rich, famous, popular and powerful. And if it meant riding on Potter's coattails, so be it. As long as he got his fair share of the spotlight.

He deserved it. It was only due to him, right? He supported Potter, made sure that he made the right decisions and brought honor to the Gryffindor name. he made sure that Potter didn't make the mistake of befriending that slimy snake, Malfoy. Ron shuddered. That would have been awful! If that slimy snake and Harry had been friends, who knows what would have happened!

It was imperative for Dumbledore's plan to work that Harry be unaware of the Wizarding world. That's where Ron stepped in. He was to make sure that Harry stayed ignorant of the Wizarding World, and thus, ignorant of his status and power within the Ministry.

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Ginny sighed happily as she brushed her hair. She couldn't wait for Hogwarts to begin again so that she could see her Harry. She sighed again, trying to think of ways to make Harry notice her and then take her as his girlfriend, and eventually (after school, of course) as his wife so that she could live comfortably for the rest of her life and never have to worry about money anymore.

Dumbledore had promised that Harry would be hers after Voldemort was taken care of. Naturally, his magic would have to be bound so that he was practically a squib to prevent him from becoming the next Dark Lord, and a few select charms on him to make sure that he behaved in a way proper for the savior of the Wizarding World.

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Hermione bit her lip as she stared blankly at the book on her lap. Something wasn't right here. There were gaps in her memory, gaps that she couldn't explain.

There were things that just weren't adding up, and hadn't added up since she came into the Wizarding World.

She had a list written down that she never let anyone know about:

Why did everyone think Harry was raised around magic?

Why was Harry placed with the Dursleys?

Did his parents leave a will?

If so, was it ever executed?

Why were people so reluctant to talk about his mother, Lily Potter?

What did Professor Snape really have against Harry? She didn't for one minute believe it was a schoolboy hatred.

Why wouldn't anyone give Harry a straight answer about his paternal family?

Why wasn't Sirius given a trial?

Why did Harry suddenly forget things that he'd been insistent on getting answers to?

Why did Harry have such a hard time with magic?

And so on, and so forth.

Hermione had reams of questions, and very few answers.

Her parents had been at a career fair held by the school, Hermione had been interested in the lawyers and had peppered them with questions. Her parents had apologized, but the woman had laughed and said that she was delighted to answer the questions most people didn't ever think to ask. She had also, with a serious face and tone, told her parents that if Hermione took an interest in law, that she could easily rise to the top with her drive. Her parents had been flattered and proud. Hermione was impressed with what she had gathered from the pamphlets and had promptly declared that she was going to be a lawyer when she grew up, and nothing else would suit her.

The woman had laughed and given Hermione her card after writing her email address on the back. She had then told Hermione to keep the card, if she had questions to send her an email, made Hermione promise that once she was out of high school and ready to enter university or college to give her a call so that they could organize Hermione's schedule for the maximum impact and so that she could introduce the girl to her professor's. Hermione had agreed and had gotten her father to laminate the card once they got home so that it wouldn't get stained or torn.

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Neville sat contemplatively in his garden at Longbottom Manor. They had just gotten back from Gringotts where they had been informed that it would be advisable to check the young Longbottom for harmful spells.

They had done it, not expecting anything. Especially not to find that he had a block on his magic and an Intelligence Lowering charm on him.

His Gran had been furious and demanded that they be removed immediately. When she was informed that Dumbledore had put them there, she was furious.

Then Neville had opened his mouth and idly wondered if that had been to him, what would Dumbledore put on Harry?

That hadn't gone over well. At all.

Gran had hurried him home and asked to see all memories he had pertaining to Harry, after getting out a pensieve.

He had, and had to stop himself from fleeing the room when she came out of the pensieve in a fury of the likes that he'd never seen.

His Gran was a supporter of the Old Ways, and for Harry to be in the midst of such ignorance…

Nothing good could come of this.

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Fred and George – or Gred and Forge – were pranksters. Ask anyone of the staff or students of Hogwarts since their first year could tell you that. They were more concerned with their pranks and getting more detentions than the Marauders than their grades. At least, that's what everyone saw.

Well, except Harry that is. From the first, he seemed to have not believed their mask. When they finally asked him about it, he had smirked and told them that he was supposed to be in Slytherin, but because he had met that snob Malfoy, he had begged the Hat to put him anywhere but Slytherin, and of course he could see through their mask he himself wore one. Did they really think he was that much a Gryffindor? Honestly, give him some credit, alright?

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