Disclaimer: *whines* Do I HAVE to do this again? Hmph. Well, no characters belong to me. Happy? hmph.

A/N hi there! You are about to read the un-betaed version of chapter 6!(dun dun duuun) I'm so sorry about spelling errors and other things, but unfortunatley the beta reader I thought I had has mysteriously dissapeared. (Or died from reading a rough draft of this chapter. Heh-heh.) Anyway I promise promise it gets better after this chapter. I kinda...ran out of steam I suppose near the end of the chapter. So please excuse the crappiness. I have chapter 7 3/4 finished and chapter 8 nearly done. They're waiting to be beta-ed, but if all else fails i'll post them up anyway. Oh yes...PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!!! I can't believe I have so few reviews..*sniff* everyday I check the statistics at fanfiction and I still have the same as weeks before...*sniff sniff* maybe I'll start withholding chapters if I don't get any more reviews. Muahahaha.

Practice makes Perfect a.k.a Ron's strange thoughts a.k.a the chapter where I ran out of ideas

Miraculously Snape was unharmed. However, this didn't stop him from becoming extremely angry.

"Who did this?!" he asked in rage. "Who used their wand under the table? I will report you to Dumbledore immediately!!" His narrowed eyes searched the dungeon. "Whoever it is must be extremely stupid. Scorpion poison cannot seep through cloth materials!" Ron was in shock. He never dreamed he could do that. It was lucky Professor Snape hadn't been hurt. He didn't know what the consequences of killing a teacher were, but he was sure they would be dire. His eyes seemed to glare accusingly at Ron, but the professor had no proof. At least there's no way for him to know it was me, he thought.

The bell rang to end potions, and Ron gave a long sigh of relief (a/n yes! Bells DO ring!!). It was lunchtime now, and he was exited to begin his first lesson. Professor Rosenberg had told him to meet her in the empty DADA classroom. He hurried a bit and reached the door in record time.

"Hello? Professor?" he asked knocking loudly on the door. He was greeted by Willow's smiling face.

"Hi Ron. Let's get started!" she motioned for him to enter. Sitting on her desk was a mass array of objects including a feather, a cup, and a heavy Ancient Runes book.

"Er, Professor, before we begin can I ask you a question?" He watched her begin to place the objects in a line. She gave him a quizzical look

"Sure, Ron. What about?"

"Well...I've been wondering...how come I was the only student in the class that could tip over the cup? Am I really that special? I mean, I thought you said most wizards could do it..." his low self-confidence was beginning to show. Willow turned to face the auburn-haired boy.

"Yes you're right most Wizards can do it. By 'it' I mean magic without wands of course. You possess something more than just the ability to move objects. You can control that ability and use it as you please. Many wizards find they can perform magic with their minds when they are angry or afraid. You weren't feeling this way in my class were you?"

"No..." said Ron slowly. Suddenly he remembered how Harry had blown up his aunt during their third year. He had been extremely angry at the time, and that is probably how he had managed to do it without a wand.

"Right." said Willow smiling brightly. "So hopefully my suspicions are correct, and you do posses the control." She looked at the objects on her desk, now neatly arranged in a row. "Okay, see if you can lift that feather over there." she pointed to a small owl-feather at the very end of the row. Ron stared at it concentrating all his energy on that one spot. The feather began to quiver and then it slid off the table. "Try to raise it off the ground." said Professor Rosenberg watching the boy carefully. His face reddened with effort as he tried with all his might to lift that light feather. Very slowly the feather rose about an inch off the floor and then hovered there. After a few more minutes of effort it rose another couple of inches. After about ten minutes he gently placed the feather back on the table using only his mind.

Ron let out a huge sigh.

"Very good!" said Willow beaming at him. "We'll try the cup next time. I think you should get some rest, and maybe something to eat. I need to prepare for my next class." Ron nodded and walked down to the great hall.

"Wait! Ron!" she called after him. He spun around to face her.

"Yeah?" he asked, his stomach growling. She dashed towards him.

"Promise me-you must promise me-that you will never ever use your newfound powers for evil or gluttony or anything like that. The seven deadly sins..."

"What?" asked Ron, a puzzled expression spread across his freckled face.

"Oh yes of course…" she smiled at him. "It's a what-do-you-call-it… 'muggle' thing." Ron raised an eyebrow in puzzlement. "Perhaps your friend Ms. Granger can tell you-I have to go prepare my next class." In the next instant she was back at her door. Ron stuck his hands in his pockets deep in thought. Stupid thing, really. To think that she-she was coming to tell me...no, no a stupid thought. She would never---he left the thought in his head and continued down towards the dining hall.

Lunch was over when he reached the enormous dining hall. He shrugged and walked back up towards the common room.

Oh boy…that was a bad ending to what I thought started out as a good chapter…ah well the next one should be better. Maybe some R/Hr coming up next! (Yipee!)

So what do you think? Constructive criticism welcome. Flames will be used to heat my home (god knows we need it here..it's freezing!) Ahem...now I will attempt to answer questions/comments/etc...

ahem so where to start? well I think the one I left off at last time was Adelaide....

Lady Norbert-Clever Cliffie? good story? *blushes* You flatter me. Tell you what Lady Norbet, I will finish this story, if not for myself, then for you!

circinius-Ron go all Carrie? Oh dear...don't give away the plot! Teeheehee. Just kidding. Anyway, thank you very much for your review. It brightened my day. Now will you please write some more of "Stranded!" ? *Taps foot impatiently* I'm waiting!

Anna James-I'm glad you like it! More coming up...sooner than you think :-D

FireMaster-was that a flame? I couldn't tell. *sigh* here's the scoop on the Matilda thing: NO I did not "borrow" anything from Matilda! I bow to the god Roald Dahl! If you really must know on page 165 of Matilda...."She kept her eyes steadily on the glass, and now the power was concentrating itself in one small part of each eye and growing stronger and stronger and it felt as though millions of tiny little invisible arms with hands on them were shooting out of her eyes towards the glass she was staring at. 'Tip it!' Matilda whispered. 'Tip it over!'" Although I agree, those five words I did use in my text were from this book. If you notice in my disclaimer I said that I borrowed those words. The situation was very different for Matilda wasn't it? Matilda is a six-year-old girl, and Ron is a sixteen-year-old boy. Ms. trunchbull is a woman, Snape is a man...etc. etc. Comparing my writing to Roald Dahl's work is a compliment. Now the question is was it a coincidence or was "is" deliberate?(as you said in your own words).

Lady Catrin- ahh yes the dreaded beast...GRAMMAR. If you have found mistakes, pleas e-mail me so I can fix them. thx so much.

Gemin16-I'm typing as fast as my cold little hands can! LoL!

Anonymousewriter-Ahh yes here we go with the Matilda thing again. Jeeze people if it REALLY bothers you I'll change that part so he says something else. sheesh. I bet most of you wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't made that comment about borrowing Roald Dahl's words earlier. Anwyay...I like Matilda too! I still read it...even though the text is soo big...hehehe.

Sarah-Hmm no I don't think they're coming. This isn't really a crossover fic. Willow is the only one who belongs at Hogwarts. they will DEFINITELY be mentioned, though.

The Flame of Slytherin-~To The Flame of Slytherin~ Yes, lets write a story with that title! LOL! I promise, promise, promise that you will get a kiss. (you can quote me on that) It won't be for quite a while *wink wink* to the rest of you: don't get mad at me, get mad at a certain other person who isn't finished beta-ing my story. LoL.

To the rest of you all....I have two questions: 1)Does anyone want a kiss in a coming-up chapter? I wasn't planning on one so soon, but I could slide one in there. 2)Would you rather have longer chapters spaced further apart, or chapters about the same length and written more quickly? E-mail or review me with your response!

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-jennyKT