ron's pov
disclaimer: still not mine!
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she's not getting out until tomorrow... i just hope that's enough time...
"FREEEEEEEEEEEEED!"
"GEOOOOOOOOORGE!"
Where *are* they???
"HAAAAAARRY!"
Where's HE?
Where is anyone/ everyone i need?
what's that noise... hey! where'd everyone come from???
"Oy! Fred, George, Harry, where have you all been?!"
"The Great Hall... speaking of which, when was the last time you ate?"
"What?"
"Food little brother. you used to love it."
"Oh... i don't know when the last time i ate was. i have more important things on my mind."
"Like finding you three."
"What do you need?"
"From Harry- your cloak and map. From my darling twin brothers i need..." shit this is embarrasing, can't harry leave? i don't really want him here for this, oh well. "I need to borrow some of that money you have so suddenly gotten."
"What for?" all three of them said at once.
"You'll find out soon enough."
"Maybe we don't want to lend you anything until we know what's up." Oh, i could kill Fred sometimes.
"Look- i need to get something from hogsmead for hermione, she gets out of the hospital wing tomorrow."
that seemed to satisfy them for now. good thing too, i didn't want to tell them what i'm up to. it'll ruin the spirit of it all.
"Wait! One more thing!"
"WHAT?"
"I forgot how to get into the kitchens..."
"Tickle the pear."
"Knew you couldn't be starving yourself."
"Mum'd have a fit if she heard you were skipping meals. i can hear it now, ' what? not eating? why? you're so skinny! and you don't even have money as an excuse- they give you endless ammounts of food at hogwarts!'" he went on and on in that falsetto of his... Gred and Forge and their falsetto. Mum'd have a fit if she knew they were impersonating her in the middle of the common room. Hell, *I* might have a fit for them doing this in the middle of the common room, but i don't have time for that now. so much to do, so little time... in more ways than one. Tomorrow, tomorrow HAS to be perfect. if something goes wrong,i don't know what i'll do.
"RON!"
"What?"
"About time! we've called your name about twenty times. How much money do you need?" at least they whispered the last part.
"A lot. how ever much you can spare- i'll bring you back what i don't use and repay you for whatever i do as soon as i can."
"Fine... here..." George thrust a small but heavy bag into my hands.
"WOAH! how much is this?"
"Well, it had one thousand galleons to begin with."
"BUT we've already spent some and put a few hundred into the bank."
"A thousand galleons? where did you get- never mind. i know where you got it. i just can't beleive you took it."
the two of them must really have no pride. taking that money from harry... i realize that harry didn't want it and i don't really blame him under the circumstances, but i can't beleive he gave it to them. yes i can, but i just can't beleive they'd ever take it...
I guess it doesn't matter though. if they didn't have this money i'd have probably borrowed from harry, but my circumstances are different then their's. they just want a joke shop i want something much more important.
i have got to get going! i'm really running out of time.
...change of pov...
ron slipped on the invisibility cloak and took out the marauders map, then checked that he had his pocket watch and the bag of galleons his brothers gave him. he stepped out of the common room and tiptoed threw the hallways of the school, avoided kicking Mrs. Norris and narrowly escaped a run in with Snape. moving quickly, he slipped threw the tunnel and ended up in the shreaking shack. He walked out and took off the cloak. First he went to Honneydukes and bought some nice (expensive) chocolate, then he went into a dark store almost hidden between two larger stores.
"Can i help you sir?"
The speaker was a tall, think man. He had light brown hair cut in a rather shaggy style, and a monospectacle.
"I'm looking for a ring."
"What kind?"
"An engagemnt ring."
"Ahhh, now i don't want to lose a customer but how old are you sir?"
"I'm sixteen."
"So young... what's the rush?" he asked as he took out many different syles of rings."
"She's sick..." ron replied quietly.
"Well, i'm very sorry to hear that. Any thought on the style of ring are you looking for?"
"Well, i want it to be really nice. She'd probably want something traditional. she's very traditional and by the book, but i want it to be unique at the same time."
"Well, that's a tough combination. We'll find something. Do you want the band gold, silver, white gold, or something less expensive?"
"Er... gold i think. "
"Alright. How much money do you have to spend on this ring?"
"A lot. I'm not worried about price. worst comes to worse harry'll have to chip in and i'd pay him back."
"Harry?"
"My best friend- Harry Potter."
the store keeper couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or serious, but decided to just ignore the comment.
"So.. do you want diamonds, cubic zirconia, or another jewel- perhaps her birth stone?"
"Diamonds and maybe another stone. I'm not sure what her birthstone is though."
"Well, when's her birthday?"
"April." (A/N: i don't think hermione's birthday was ever mentioned so i'm putting her in april with me.)
"Well then her birthstone *is* a diamond."
"Oh... does the stone *have* to be her birthstone? I think it would be prettier if it had a stone with another color on it."
"Well... it doesn't have to be. why don't you look at these rings?"
The entire time they talked the jewler put rings back and put new ones out. he was very careful in picking out exactly what ron had said."
"I like this one. it's perfect. how much is it?"
Ron held up a box with a beautiful ring inside. it was a gold band with a rather large, but not huge, ruby set in the center, on the sides of ther ruby was a row of little diamonds. Five on each side, and they got slightly smaller as they grew further away from the central ruby.
"That is one of my favorites sir, you have good taste. it's expensive too, are you sure it's the one you want?"
"Yes. How much?"
"Hmm..." he appeared deep in thought, "I like you kid, i'll say...one hundred galleons, and that's a real steal."
'Wow,' ron thought, ' i expected it to be much more than that... then again, i don't know much about the expences of jewlery. this really could be a great deal, but then again- he could be robbing me blind.'
Ron counted out the money and took the ring in a small black velvet box. he slipped the box in the bag with the remained of the twin's gold. He thanked the shop keeper and walked out. he put the cloak on outside the shreaking shack and snuck back in, through the tunnel and all the way to the common room. He removed the cloak and gave the password. he slipped throught the empty common room and quietly stole up the staricase into the boy's dormitories. He first went into the seventh year's dorm and put the bag of gold on the end of George's bed with a note.
Fred and George,
thanks for the help
you'll understand
soon enought why
I needed the money.
I used 100 galleons
plus 30 sickles for
Honeydukes chocolate
(a present for you two
and some for Harry)
I'll pay you back as
soon as i possibly
can.
love from,
Ron
Then he went into his own dormitory.
He put Harry's cloak back into his trunk with the erased map, then he crawled into bed.
'I need a good night's sleep- I still have more work to do before i see Hermione tomorrow.'
disclaimer: still not mine!
reviews make the world go round
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
she's not getting out until tomorrow... i just hope that's enough time...
"FREEEEEEEEEEEEED!"
"GEOOOOOOOOORGE!"
Where *are* they???
"HAAAAAARRY!"
Where's HE?
Where is anyone/ everyone i need?
what's that noise... hey! where'd everyone come from???
"Oy! Fred, George, Harry, where have you all been?!"
"The Great Hall... speaking of which, when was the last time you ate?"
"What?"
"Food little brother. you used to love it."
"Oh... i don't know when the last time i ate was. i have more important things on my mind."
"Like finding you three."
"What do you need?"
"From Harry- your cloak and map. From my darling twin brothers i need..." shit this is embarrasing, can't harry leave? i don't really want him here for this, oh well. "I need to borrow some of that money you have so suddenly gotten."
"What for?" all three of them said at once.
"You'll find out soon enough."
"Maybe we don't want to lend you anything until we know what's up." Oh, i could kill Fred sometimes.
"Look- i need to get something from hogsmead for hermione, she gets out of the hospital wing tomorrow."
that seemed to satisfy them for now. good thing too, i didn't want to tell them what i'm up to. it'll ruin the spirit of it all.
"Wait! One more thing!"
"WHAT?"
"I forgot how to get into the kitchens..."
"Tickle the pear."
"Knew you couldn't be starving yourself."
"Mum'd have a fit if she heard you were skipping meals. i can hear it now, ' what? not eating? why? you're so skinny! and you don't even have money as an excuse- they give you endless ammounts of food at hogwarts!'" he went on and on in that falsetto of his... Gred and Forge and their falsetto. Mum'd have a fit if she knew they were impersonating her in the middle of the common room. Hell, *I* might have a fit for them doing this in the middle of the common room, but i don't have time for that now. so much to do, so little time... in more ways than one. Tomorrow, tomorrow HAS to be perfect. if something goes wrong,i don't know what i'll do.
"RON!"
"What?"
"About time! we've called your name about twenty times. How much money do you need?" at least they whispered the last part.
"A lot. how ever much you can spare- i'll bring you back what i don't use and repay you for whatever i do as soon as i can."
"Fine... here..." George thrust a small but heavy bag into my hands.
"WOAH! how much is this?"
"Well, it had one thousand galleons to begin with."
"BUT we've already spent some and put a few hundred into the bank."
"A thousand galleons? where did you get- never mind. i know where you got it. i just can't beleive you took it."
the two of them must really have no pride. taking that money from harry... i realize that harry didn't want it and i don't really blame him under the circumstances, but i can't beleive he gave it to them. yes i can, but i just can't beleive they'd ever take it...
I guess it doesn't matter though. if they didn't have this money i'd have probably borrowed from harry, but my circumstances are different then their's. they just want a joke shop i want something much more important.
i have got to get going! i'm really running out of time.
...change of pov...
ron slipped on the invisibility cloak and took out the marauders map, then checked that he had his pocket watch and the bag of galleons his brothers gave him. he stepped out of the common room and tiptoed threw the hallways of the school, avoided kicking Mrs. Norris and narrowly escaped a run in with Snape. moving quickly, he slipped threw the tunnel and ended up in the shreaking shack. He walked out and took off the cloak. First he went to Honneydukes and bought some nice (expensive) chocolate, then he went into a dark store almost hidden between two larger stores.
"Can i help you sir?"
The speaker was a tall, think man. He had light brown hair cut in a rather shaggy style, and a monospectacle.
"I'm looking for a ring."
"What kind?"
"An engagemnt ring."
"Ahhh, now i don't want to lose a customer but how old are you sir?"
"I'm sixteen."
"So young... what's the rush?" he asked as he took out many different syles of rings."
"She's sick..." ron replied quietly.
"Well, i'm very sorry to hear that. Any thought on the style of ring are you looking for?"
"Well, i want it to be really nice. She'd probably want something traditional. she's very traditional and by the book, but i want it to be unique at the same time."
"Well, that's a tough combination. We'll find something. Do you want the band gold, silver, white gold, or something less expensive?"
"Er... gold i think. "
"Alright. How much money do you have to spend on this ring?"
"A lot. I'm not worried about price. worst comes to worse harry'll have to chip in and i'd pay him back."
"Harry?"
"My best friend- Harry Potter."
the store keeper couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or serious, but decided to just ignore the comment.
"So.. do you want diamonds, cubic zirconia, or another jewel- perhaps her birth stone?"
"Diamonds and maybe another stone. I'm not sure what her birthstone is though."
"Well, when's her birthday?"
"April." (A/N: i don't think hermione's birthday was ever mentioned so i'm putting her in april with me.)
"Well then her birthstone *is* a diamond."
"Oh... does the stone *have* to be her birthstone? I think it would be prettier if it had a stone with another color on it."
"Well... it doesn't have to be. why don't you look at these rings?"
The entire time they talked the jewler put rings back and put new ones out. he was very careful in picking out exactly what ron had said."
"I like this one. it's perfect. how much is it?"
Ron held up a box with a beautiful ring inside. it was a gold band with a rather large, but not huge, ruby set in the center, on the sides of ther ruby was a row of little diamonds. Five on each side, and they got slightly smaller as they grew further away from the central ruby.
"That is one of my favorites sir, you have good taste. it's expensive too, are you sure it's the one you want?"
"Yes. How much?"
"Hmm..." he appeared deep in thought, "I like you kid, i'll say...one hundred galleons, and that's a real steal."
'Wow,' ron thought, ' i expected it to be much more than that... then again, i don't know much about the expences of jewlery. this really could be a great deal, but then again- he could be robbing me blind.'
Ron counted out the money and took the ring in a small black velvet box. he slipped the box in the bag with the remained of the twin's gold. He thanked the shop keeper and walked out. he put the cloak on outside the shreaking shack and snuck back in, through the tunnel and all the way to the common room. He removed the cloak and gave the password. he slipped throught the empty common room and quietly stole up the staricase into the boy's dormitories. He first went into the seventh year's dorm and put the bag of gold on the end of George's bed with a note.
Fred and George,
thanks for the help
you'll understand
soon enought why
I needed the money.
I used 100 galleons
plus 30 sickles for
Honeydukes chocolate
(a present for you two
and some for Harry)
I'll pay you back as
soon as i possibly
can.
love from,
Ron
Then he went into his own dormitory.
He put Harry's cloak back into his trunk with the erased map, then he crawled into bed.
'I need a good night's sleep- I still have more work to do before i see Hermione tomorrow.'
