The Test Of Friendship

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I'd like to thank you for all the reviews, they are appreciated. I know I wrote my other story, "One Boring Day" in the middle of this and I didn't forget about it. I just wanted to write this first. Enjoy chapter four of, "The Test Of Friendship." Please r/r.

Chapter 4- Change

Ron and Hermione stared at each other, neither of them knowing what to say. Ron then stood up, speechless, and Hermione did the same. Ron walked out of Hermione's room, closing the door behind him.

~~~Three Days Later~~~

Ron and Hermione had been unintentionally avoiding each other for the past three days. Either Hermione and Ginny would go places together for hours each day, or Hermione was somewhere like the library and she, "Didn't want to be disturbed." As she had told Harry. Harry was very confused and he tried a few times to get Ron to talk about whatever was happening. Harry had not been very successful the past few times but he tried once more. "What's gotten into you lately?" Harry asked to a quiet Ron, who was looking down at the floor. "Um, nothing, why do you ask?" Ron replied immediately, as if he was waiting for the question. "Uh, you've just been acting, well, different these past few days. I just figured something might be wrong." Harry said to Ron, who was now shifting uncomfortably on the couch. "Well, nothing's wrong, so you can just back off." Ron said. Harry couldn't tell if he was trying to be calm or obnoxious so he just shrugged. "Okay, well, wha- Harry was cut off by the opening of the front door. Two soaking wet girls, one with red hair, the other with brown, walked into the Weasley's house and closed their umbrella's. They looked cold and they didn't even look at Harry and Ron, who were sitting on the couch, which was right next to where they came in. Ron saw the brown haired girl pour two cups of butterbeer and give one to the red haired girl. She sipped the other. "Ron? Hello? Snap out of it." Ron was interrupted from his thoughts and he looked to where the voice came from and saw Harry next to him with a concerned look on his face. "You were daydreaming." Harry said. "I was?" Ron said, still trying to focus on what was happening. "Yeah, and Hermione and Ginny just came back, they said that it's pouring out there and they were soaking wet. I think they're in the kitchen getting some butterbeer." Harry said. Ron remembered the two girls again, he must have known who they were when they walked in, but he felt such a weird feeling that he couldn't take his eyes off the image. He snapped out of it again and turned back to Harry. "Oh, I guess it's not quidditch weather then." Ron said nonchalantly. "Guess not." Harry said, still looking at Ron with the same concerned look. Ron got up and went to the kitchen. He saw Hermione and Ginny with soaking wet hair. He guessed they had changed because Hermione was now wearing dry dark blue robes, and Ginny was wearing Violet ones. "Oh hello Ron, we just got back from the library." Ginny said. "Oh, well, that's uh-nice." Ron said, fidgeting with the neck of his brown robes. "Um, hello Hermione." Ron said. That was the first time he'd spoken to her in the past three days. Hermione looked up at him, shocked. "Oh, uh-hello Ron." Hermione said. She suddenly had an idea and ran up to her room, leaving her half empty butterbeer on the kitchen table, along with a confused Ginny and Ron. Hermione closed and locked her door and looked at herself in the mirror. "I'm going to change." Hermione said to no one on particular. "No more teacher's pet, no more stuck up nosy girl that always knows the right answers. Nope, no more of her. Hermione's going to change."

To Be Continued..................

A/N: I know it was short but I think it was a pretty good cliffhanger. Is Hermione really going to change? Will anyone be able to recognize her? Will the changes be inside or out? Or both? Stay Tuned for the next chapter of, "The Test Of Friendship." Please r/r.