Harry was tired of being the "go-between" when Hermione and Ron stopped
being friends. It all began at the start of the term with a few careless
comments Ron had made about witches not being as strong as wizards and
intensified as Hermione, the prefect, became unrelenting when it came to
Ron infringing on any sort of rule from smuggling cakes from the dining
hall to allowing Pig to fly freely around the common room as the fifth
years began their OWL study group. It almost seemed a surprise that they
had ever been friends.
"Just apologize to her." Harry said, "The silent treatment is just immature."
"Well, I am immature."
"She's been a good friend to you, plus you could use her help in terms of studying for class."
"I could." The shadow of realization fell upon Ron's face.
"And the OWLs."
"I suppose."
"And I'm sure she won't be so hard on you if you break the rules."
"Why should I apologize! She had to be,so Little Miss Perfect all the time.It's aggravating I tell you!" Ron was too stubborn to give into Harry's reasoning.
Harry found himself trying to coax Hermione into apologizing to Ron. Hermione was stomping down the corridor doing her monitoring rounds. Harry kept up to her brisk face.
"It's because he won't give in, will he? He'd rather I make the apology since I am only a girl, which translates to me being weak."
"He would never say those things." Harry defended him. "He likes you.a great deal." Hermione stopped in her tracks. "Really, he does.why do you think he's acting like this? Besides, you guys have bickered all the time in the past and nothing like this has happened before has it?" Harry realized that Hermione may have misunderstood his plea. She had it in her mind that Ron liked her more than a friend, but as a boy liking a girl, a wizard liking a witch. Harry decided to go along with it anyway. After a moment of initial shock wore off, Hermione snapped out of her daze.
"Awww, shut it Harry." Hermione stormed off.
It was on Sunday as Harry sat between Hermione in the common room when he decided he had enough; but he had to have a plan. The three sat in the common room completing their schoolwork.
"Any word on when Fleur's coming to Hogwarts yet?" Ron asked taking a break and plopping on the couch next to Harry.
"No news as of late."
"Why can't girls at Hogwarts look like Fleur?" Ron's statement seemed to annoy Hermione.
"Well, I remember you saying at one point that you thought Hermione was very pretty."
"I did not!" Ron jumped from his seat. "I didn't say it! I didn't!" Ron guiltier by the minute. Harry looked at Hermione who almost smiled.
"Yes, you did.when you saw Hermione with Viktor Krum at the Yule Ball!" Harry added. Hermione looked up in surprise. Viktor Krum, student at Durmstrang and champion of the Quidditch World Cup, had asked her out of all the girls to attend the ball with him; which somehow seemed to make Ron instantly dislike his onetime hero.
"I..I would never ever say that.Just look at her! She's.She's." Ron couldn't say that she was ugly, because what Harry said was true. He thought she looked magical all dressed up in the winter of last year. "She's not Fleur." Ron tried to correct the situation, but to no avail.
"Harry, tell Ron that he's an ugly git and no one their right mind would EVER be interested in him." Hermione's words hit Ron like a ton of bricks. His face flushed to the deepest shade of red. Harry was uncertain if it was anger bubbling to the surface or it was merely embarrassment. Hermione closed her book, stood up and pushed Ron out of her way which incited him all the more. Harry stepped in between them
"Look you two.cut it out! If you can't be friends, then maybe Draco Malfoy was right.I made a mistake in choosing you over him." Harry for once doubled over in anger.
"You can't mean that Harry." Ron said.
"He's just mad," analyzed Hermione. She and Ron stepped closer to Harry.
"Hopping mad.maybe you should be committed to a muggle hospital for crazy people." Ron joked to Hermione who laughed in response. Harry felt himself calmer in an instant.
"Look Hermione, I'm really sorry." Ron apologized and his cheeks flushed with a different shade of red.
"Me too.I've been not so nice to you. Well, to the both of you. There's been a lot on my mind." Hermione never appeared so sweet and sincere.
"Well, great then! How about we snicker some sweets from the kitchen?" Ron asked.
"What? You aren't going to kiss and make up?" Harry asked.
"Eeeew!" "Gross!" Ron and Hermione said almost simultaneously.
"That's the foulest idea you've ever come up with!" Ron scrunched up his face in disgust.
The Weasley twins came into the room nearly stumbling over each other. A look of urgency was on both their faces. Other Gryffindors entered the common room upon hearing the commotion.
"Have you seen the Daily Prophet?" Fred thrust the paper at Ron who read the headline aloud, "Muggle News: Five Hundred Graves Plots Robbed Thought to Be Related to Witchcraft!"
"What's going to happen now?" Harry asked. George shook his head with sheer concern, they had never seen him look so serious in his life. "It's not good at all."
"The muggles may start up a witch hunt." Fred concluded.
"How bad could that be?" Ron asked remembering the tales of Wendolin the Weird enjoying being burnt at the stake.
"They don't burn witches anymore silly. They kill them." Hermione plainly stated. "There are no real records of witches and wizards since they live in a world apart from the muggles or so says the book "Anti-Witchcraft: A Muggle's Guide to Exterminating the World of Wizardry."
"Can we fight back?" Harry asked.
"How? Kill all the Muggles?" Lee Jordan jumped in on the conversation.
"That's lunacy!" Hermione cried.
"Do you think this is somehow tied to You-Know.?" Ron asked Harry. The others turned to Harry for his response.
"Could be. He'd want to kill all the muggles, right?" Harry absentmindedly rubbed his scar.
"The mudblood's too!" Seamus Finnigan added.
"We can only wait and see." Hermione appeared quite agitated, for she wondered if her name was high on the Voldemort's list.
"Just apologize to her." Harry said, "The silent treatment is just immature."
"Well, I am immature."
"She's been a good friend to you, plus you could use her help in terms of studying for class."
"I could." The shadow of realization fell upon Ron's face.
"And the OWLs."
"I suppose."
"And I'm sure she won't be so hard on you if you break the rules."
"Why should I apologize! She had to be,so Little Miss Perfect all the time.It's aggravating I tell you!" Ron was too stubborn to give into Harry's reasoning.
Harry found himself trying to coax Hermione into apologizing to Ron. Hermione was stomping down the corridor doing her monitoring rounds. Harry kept up to her brisk face.
"It's because he won't give in, will he? He'd rather I make the apology since I am only a girl, which translates to me being weak."
"He would never say those things." Harry defended him. "He likes you.a great deal." Hermione stopped in her tracks. "Really, he does.why do you think he's acting like this? Besides, you guys have bickered all the time in the past and nothing like this has happened before has it?" Harry realized that Hermione may have misunderstood his plea. She had it in her mind that Ron liked her more than a friend, but as a boy liking a girl, a wizard liking a witch. Harry decided to go along with it anyway. After a moment of initial shock wore off, Hermione snapped out of her daze.
"Awww, shut it Harry." Hermione stormed off.
It was on Sunday as Harry sat between Hermione in the common room when he decided he had enough; but he had to have a plan. The three sat in the common room completing their schoolwork.
"Any word on when Fleur's coming to Hogwarts yet?" Ron asked taking a break and plopping on the couch next to Harry.
"No news as of late."
"Why can't girls at Hogwarts look like Fleur?" Ron's statement seemed to annoy Hermione.
"Well, I remember you saying at one point that you thought Hermione was very pretty."
"I did not!" Ron jumped from his seat. "I didn't say it! I didn't!" Ron guiltier by the minute. Harry looked at Hermione who almost smiled.
"Yes, you did.when you saw Hermione with Viktor Krum at the Yule Ball!" Harry added. Hermione looked up in surprise. Viktor Krum, student at Durmstrang and champion of the Quidditch World Cup, had asked her out of all the girls to attend the ball with him; which somehow seemed to make Ron instantly dislike his onetime hero.
"I..I would never ever say that.Just look at her! She's.She's." Ron couldn't say that she was ugly, because what Harry said was true. He thought she looked magical all dressed up in the winter of last year. "She's not Fleur." Ron tried to correct the situation, but to no avail.
"Harry, tell Ron that he's an ugly git and no one their right mind would EVER be interested in him." Hermione's words hit Ron like a ton of bricks. His face flushed to the deepest shade of red. Harry was uncertain if it was anger bubbling to the surface or it was merely embarrassment. Hermione closed her book, stood up and pushed Ron out of her way which incited him all the more. Harry stepped in between them
"Look you two.cut it out! If you can't be friends, then maybe Draco Malfoy was right.I made a mistake in choosing you over him." Harry for once doubled over in anger.
"You can't mean that Harry." Ron said.
"He's just mad," analyzed Hermione. She and Ron stepped closer to Harry.
"Hopping mad.maybe you should be committed to a muggle hospital for crazy people." Ron joked to Hermione who laughed in response. Harry felt himself calmer in an instant.
"Look Hermione, I'm really sorry." Ron apologized and his cheeks flushed with a different shade of red.
"Me too.I've been not so nice to you. Well, to the both of you. There's been a lot on my mind." Hermione never appeared so sweet and sincere.
"Well, great then! How about we snicker some sweets from the kitchen?" Ron asked.
"What? You aren't going to kiss and make up?" Harry asked.
"Eeeew!" "Gross!" Ron and Hermione said almost simultaneously.
"That's the foulest idea you've ever come up with!" Ron scrunched up his face in disgust.
The Weasley twins came into the room nearly stumbling over each other. A look of urgency was on both their faces. Other Gryffindors entered the common room upon hearing the commotion.
"Have you seen the Daily Prophet?" Fred thrust the paper at Ron who read the headline aloud, "Muggle News: Five Hundred Graves Plots Robbed Thought to Be Related to Witchcraft!"
"What's going to happen now?" Harry asked. George shook his head with sheer concern, they had never seen him look so serious in his life. "It's not good at all."
"The muggles may start up a witch hunt." Fred concluded.
"How bad could that be?" Ron asked remembering the tales of Wendolin the Weird enjoying being burnt at the stake.
"They don't burn witches anymore silly. They kill them." Hermione plainly stated. "There are no real records of witches and wizards since they live in a world apart from the muggles or so says the book "Anti-Witchcraft: A Muggle's Guide to Exterminating the World of Wizardry."
"Can we fight back?" Harry asked.
"How? Kill all the Muggles?" Lee Jordan jumped in on the conversation.
"That's lunacy!" Hermione cried.
"Do you think this is somehow tied to You-Know.?" Ron asked Harry. The others turned to Harry for his response.
"Could be. He'd want to kill all the muggles, right?" Harry absentmindedly rubbed his scar.
"The mudblood's too!" Seamus Finnigan added.
"We can only wait and see." Hermione appeared quite agitated, for she wondered if her name was high on the Voldemort's list.
