A/N: This chapter is a lot more trio-centric than it is Ron/Hermione-centric, but hey, they are part of the trio! It doesn't really have a plot or anything, but I'm taking a risk and trying a different style. Tell me what you think!

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Exclusive

They were the Golden Trio. It was they who rooted out Voldemort from the inside, destroying the Horcruxes one by one, started the DA, found Sirius's innocence first and countless other things. They had woven a friendship so tight that even Ginny, Harry's love, couldn't get through sometimes. Their friendship was exclusive.

There was Harry, The Boy Who Lived, The Chosen One. He was the perfect replica of his parents, a selfless person, someone who died for the world and came back to live again. It was he who the prophecy was made about, he who carried out the most dangerous mission of them all, he who possessed the lightning bolt shaped scar.

There was Hermione, the muggleborn, the know-it-all, the only girl. She had saved their skins dozens of times, her forever-expanding knowledge always there to come up with the solution in a time of need. It was she who allowed for the survival of the three on their hunt for the Horcruxes, she who saved Harry from the decrepit house of Bathilda Bagshot, she who was always there to tell them if there was a bit of dirt on their nose.

And then there was Ron, overlooked and overshadowed, the 'sidekick', some would say, the one with power that only those close to him could truly understand. He was a chess champion, sixth of seven children, younger brother to the famous Fred and George. It was he who had the power of true loyalty to his friends and his family, he who knew the most about the wizarding world, he who had such a strong power to love that he destroyed a Horcrux with it. He helped Hermione understand her wrongs, and called her a know-it-all everyday just to show how much he truly loved her. He who finally realized that being famous might not be all it's cracked up to be, and that true victory comes from knowing that you made the world a better place for future generations to come.

Then there were the stragglers. There was Ginny, Harry's love, Ron's sister, and Hermione's closest female friend. She who came so close to experiencing their love, nearly breaking their exclusive circle, just to be torn away as they ran from Death Eaters. There was Neville, Harry and Ron's dorm mate, Hermione's friend, who followed their lead and reformed the DA to greater heights. And there was Luna, the odd girl who had her power over all three of them, so mystical that they all nearly believed in Nargles, though some more than others. Yet even these people could not penetrate the exclusive bond.

It was this friendship that the three had that was so exclusive to the rest of the world, this friendship that saved the world, this friendship that taught each other what it meant to have family, be knowledgeable, and to love.