Hello readers, I first want to say thank you for reading my first ever fanfiction. I apologize in advance if the story turns out to be garbage, it was just a fun idea I had. In this story, Ron falls in love with music and playing guitar during his summer before the 4th year. I am a complete music nerd so he is going to fall in love with classic bands and genres like Prog, Rock, Metal, and Grunge. A sort of what if. In this story, Ron does not get mad at Harry, a very OOC Ron I am pretty sure based on where I think this story will go. There will also be some Ron/Hermione, though absolutely nothing Smutty. I hope you enjoy this story and give it a chance. ROCK ON

Chapter 1: What's That Song

To say that Ron Weasley was completely bored out of his Skull was a gross understatement. It was the 2nd week of the summer and he had absolutely no idea what to do.

Percy was always busy at work with his dad, Fred and George were in their rooms doing God knows what, and Ginny was off writing letters to her friends at school or doing Girly stuff of which Ron had no intention of joining in on. He had written to Harry and Hermione often, but letters weren't going to get him through the entire day.

So it left Ron with him sitting on his bed in his attic bedroom staring at his ceiling, and he had no intention of doing it any longer. As he stared at his owl Pig fly around his room and whoot happily, Ron thought back to how much his life had changed in the last year. The mad murderer Sirius Black was an innocent man, his teacher was actually a werewolf, and the rat that he had known almost his entire life was actually a man who was the reason Harry's parents are dead.

"Ron come downstairs and have something to eat" he heard a yell that was unmistakable his mother

"Coming" he yelled back as he got off his bed and walked down the rickety stairs and found his mother waiting for him in the kitchen with a plate of food. Ron sat down and proceeded to start eating.

"I don't want to sit up in that room all summer doing nothing, go out and do something.¨ She stated as she casted a spell that started cleaning dishes.

¨I would love to do stuff Mum, but I have absolutely no idea what to do.¨ Ron stated simply as he continued to eat his food.

¨You know", she started to say as she sat down next to him. "I have asked all your other brothers throughout the years but they have never been interested, but maybe you would." Why don't you go explore Ottery St Catchpole.

Ron almost choked on his food when she said this. Otter St Catchpole was the little muggle village that was right near the Burrow. He had only been there a few times in his life and had always been amazed at all the muggle stuff, but he was always told to never go there without a parent. Ron looked up at his mother with a surprised looked. "Really" he asked, surprised.

"Yes dear, I think you're old enough to act normal around Muggles and the town is honestly not far from the Burrow, so I think you will be fine. Just remember to be safe and be home before sundown."

"Thanks mum", he said happily as he got up and gave her a quick hug.

"There is a wizard in town who can convert your money into muggle cash if needed."

"Ok thanks, I will be back before sundown¨, he said quickly as he dashed out of the room. He quickly got on his sneaker and went out the door, heading onto the road that would lead to Ottery St Catchpole.

It only took him about 20 minutes to get to the town, but that might have been because he was going at a slight jog due to how much excitement he had. As he entered the small village, he spotted multiple interesting things, he walked over to a small cart giving away flowers and looked at all the beautiful types. He then turned to watch some kids a bit older than him playing an odd game where they passed a black and white checkered ball to each other with their feet. But something caught his ear that he was absolutely enthralled with.

It was music, music unlike Ron had ever heard of. He was never into music that wizards played, his parents always played old timey dancing music, and while many of his fellow classmates at Hogwarts were obsessed with the band The Weird Sisters, nothing about them really clicked with him. But this music, it felt almost magical. As he followed his ear, he came to a store that read Micks records and Cds. Posters on the windows of bands called Led Zeppelin, The Who, Nirvana, Alice and Chains. This only spiked his curiosity as he opened the store door and walked inside. Ron started in absolute awe at what he saw. Rows and rows of records were shown. He had only seen a few that his parents had. Each row had categories with what he guessed to be genres. Words like classic rock, Jazz, Heavy Metal, and Grunge were some of the many names

The man at the desk looked up from the crossword puzzle he was doing, he looked to be about his dad's age. "Can I help you kid".

"What is the song that's playing" Ron asked with a hint of fear in his voice. He didn't talk with many muggles in his life.

"You're kidding" he asked with a shocked expression on his face

Ron shook his head

"Kid have you been living under a rock your entire life, its Money by Pink Floyd"

Ron looked at the man with a puzzled look.

The man sighed, "kid, how much time do you have on your hands he asked".

"Alot", he stated simply

Suddenly the man got up from his chair and pointed towards the back, "I have a listening station set up in the back with Prog albums, go listen to them."

Ron walked to where he was pointing and sat down next to the machine. Ron took one of the many albums stacked, it said Pink Floyd on it with a triangle that has a rainbow going out of it. He knew how to work a record player, so he put the record down, put on headphones, and hit start. Soon his ears were filled with some of the best music he ever heard, it was so calming and enjoyable. He was completely awestruck by the beautiful singing during The great Gig in the Sky, and loved the bass on Money. When the record ended, he immediately grabbed the next one and played it. Soon enough he had listened to multiple albums, The Yes album by Yes, Moving Pictures by Rush, and In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson including many others. He loved all of them.

He suddenly felt a tapping on his shoulder, he stopped the record player and turned around. It was the man at the register.

"You're still here kid" he said with a bit of surprise in his voice

"How long has it been" Ron asked confused

¨Almost 4 hours" he said chuckling as Ron looked at him with a shocked look on his face, he didn't realize how long it had been, he was having so much fun listening to the music.

"I gotta get home", he said quickly as he jumped from the seat and dashed to the door.

"Wait kid I never got your name," he heard as he was already half outside the door. Ron quickly turned around to look at the man.

"Ron, Ron Weasley" he said smiling

"Mitch Wolanski, but you can just call me Mitch,'' he said, returning the smile. "tell you what, come back tomorrow and I'll Show you some more stuff."

"Deal" Ron said as he walked out the door and started to head home excited for tomorrow.