Life
Of Ron Weasley
Chapter
Two: Whatever Happened To Ron?
A couple days after the day the letter was supposed
to come, Ron was in his room, crying. He was thinking, how could it be? How could he be a squib (someone that was a muggle born into a
wizard/witch family)? This wasn't supposed to happen, his family was one of the
few pureblood families left in Britain!! He looked out the window into the world;
there was a storm that had been going on for nearly a week. There was a strong
wind, but not a lot of rain. There were
a few puddles here and there from the little rain they did have.
There was a knock on his door, and
then a voice saying, "Ron, are you ok? I brought you some milk and cookies." Ron just thought, why did mothers
always do that? Why did they always
bring you milk and cookies whenever you were feeling down? Why must they be so caring? This wasn't exactly the type of thing an
11-year-old boy needed at this moment. He was so into thinking about this, he forgot about his mom, and that
she was waiting for him at the door. She said, with more panic than before, "Ron are you ok, I'm coming in if
you don't answer me in the next 5 seconds. 1 2-"
"I'm fine mum, I just need some time
alo-" but he never got time to finish because what he saw was unbelievable, he
closed his eyes and shook his head, but he could still see it, sitting there at
the window. Just then his mom burst
into the room, obviously thinking that he had dropped dead or something. "Ron,
Ron, are you ok? Oh my god don't ever
scare me like that again, I thought that You-Know-Who had gotten to you or
someth-" She also dropped what she was saying, when she saw what he was staring
at. "Well, invite him in!!"
There was a young man there with long
silvery hair, a beard to match, and bright blue eyes. He had no clue who this man was, and as he climbed through the
window Mrs. Weasley had opened, Ron noticed that this man wasn't young, he was
actually fairly old, his eyes had made his age very misleading. He greeted Mrs. Weasley as if they were old
friends, and Ron realized, they probably were, "Molly, how good to see you! Is
Arthur home? Oh that's right it's Friday isn't it. Well, to the point, (he turned to Ron) I believe this letter was
accidentally sent to the wrong house, it got mixed in with Lisa Turpin's
letter, poor girl, well anyway, I better be going."
Ron wasn't paying any attention
though, he was to busy with the letter. He was smiling as he had never smiled before. He had 5 brothers that had gone to Hogwarts before him. He knew that it was a Hogwarts envelope, he
wasn't that stupid. Molly however, said,
"I'll see you later Albus!! Ron, you had better open that lett-", she never
finished however, because a horrible smell had filled her nose, instead she
yelled, "My potatoes are burning!!" and ran into the kitchen without even
looking at the letter that Ron had already opened.
The letter, was in fact from Hogwarts,
Ron read it over and over 10 times, and then pinned it up on the wall and read
once more:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
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Headmaster: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE
(Order of Merlin,First
Class, Grand Sorc., Chf.Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump,
International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Mr. Weasley,
We are pleased to inform
you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Whichcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary
books and equipment.
Term begins September 1. We await your owl no by no later than July 31.
Yours Sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Then he read the
enclosed list of books and equipment one more time before stuffing it in his
coat pocket. It read:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
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UNIFORM
First year students will
require:
1. Three
sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One
plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One
pair of protective gloves (dragon-hide or similar)
4. One
winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupils'
clothes should carry name tags
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a
copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)
by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot
Magical Theory by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
by Quentin Trimble
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring an
owl OR a cat OR a toad
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT
FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
He went downstairs, and told his mom. His mom just said, "Now Ronald Weasley, I know that you want to go to Hogwarts, but I do not want you lying like that ever again, you know better than that, you know that lying will not get you in."
"You don't believe me?" said Ron, very hurt and making sure to show it in his voice, "Come upstairs with me mum, if you don't believe me."
So they both went upstairs together, and Ron showed his mom the note he had pinned on his wall. "Oh Ron!! I'm so proud!! I thought you really were a squib!! Well, we'd better send the owl then, shouldn't we? I'm so glad you're not a squib!! I have nothing against muggles, but I hate squibs!!"
She scribbled a note that read, "He'll be there on September 1, with his 3 other brothers" Bill and Charlie had already graduated, so he only had the three brothers remaining there. "Oh we'll have to get all your school stuff!! Do you have your list? Oh good, well, let's go!!"
They went to Diagon Alley and got a used cauldron, a set of used phials, that were off to the side a bit, but magic would fix them. A used telescope and set of brass scales. He was going to get robes from his older brothers, and use his older brother's old wand. Charlie needed a new wand because his didn't suit him very well, so Ron got his old one. Percy was a prefect so he got an owl. Ron got his old rat Scabbers.
When they were done with paying for all his school things, they went home where Ron packed up his things, and waited the remaining days until school started.
He was so happy that day, that even Fred and George couldn't upset him, when they halfway transfigured themselves into spiders. Even though his worst fear was of spiders, he just stood there and laughed, until they were normal again. Then he looked, and lost interest, so he walked away, still sort of laughing, and mumbling, "Wow, they don't make good spiders."
Then it was time for him to go to Hogwarts. It was time for him to learn some magic.