A Union of Fire and Ice Author of this part: Maharet Feedback: yes, pretty please, I would like lots of them E-mail: serpentina_windfall@hotmail.com Archives: just ask me and tell where Summary: "After so many years AnyankaâEs hidden chambers had been broken into. Unfortunately, Charlie, CharlieâEs two friends, and Ron may as well pay the ultimate price for their tomb raiding Disclaimer: The Harry Potter characters belong to the greatand almighty J.K. Rowling. Pairing: Ron/? WonâEt tell you just now! *_~ Spoilers: maybe the four book, nothing special Notes: Co-written with AVHS, known as Red Vampiry Slayer This story was created by a Challenge so far âE¦ Chapter Two: It is Never Easy to be a Girl He was rudely awakened when a pair of arms went around him and squeezed tight. He went up for air, and was greeted with a big moss of brown hair. âE?Ahhh, Hermione, youâEre cutting off all the circulation!âE? He cried out. His voice was strangely highâE¦ Maybe because of the lack of air? âE?Oh, sorry Ron! IâEm just so happy that you are all right!âE? Sobbed Hermione. âE?WhaâE¦? What happened?âE? âE?You mean you donâEt remember? Oh, Ron!âE? She sobbed some more. Ron got annoyed. âE?Hermione! Just spit it out!âE? He growled at her. âE?You, you all got attacked in the tomb. Charlie got blind, Michael went mute, Andrew went deaf, and you got changed into a girl!âE? Her voice came into a shrill as she said the last words. âE?A what?!âE? Ron grabbed at hisâE¦ noâE¦ her chest. He had very nice breasts. Breasts he would have liked on any girl. Soft and big enough. But they were on *his* chest! âE?Awck!!! Get them off! Get them off!âE? Hermione broke out in hysteric giggles. That was the moment when Harry opened the door to peer in, and he blushed furiously. Ron looked up at that exact moment and blushed too. âE?Harry! Please help me! You have to! I canâEt stay this way! What willâE¦ my parents say! IâEm a boy for godâEs shake!âE? âE?ErrâE¦ Ron, you look good like a girl. You certainly have nice boobsâE¦âE? A book flying near his head cut off his words. âE?Herm? YouâEll help me, right?âE? âE?Ah, I donâEt knowâE¦ I was sooo hoping for a best friend who will understand me. You know, who knows everything about me and HarryâE¦âE? Ron growled again in a very un-girlish way. Hermione sobered up. âE?UmâE¦ RonâE¦ IâEm sorry to say, but the professors are still searching for a way to change you and the guys back. This vengeance demon used a very old magic which is not used anymore since a very long time. I donâEt know if they could find a cureâE¦ or not.âE? RonâEs face fell. âE?Oh my. I never realized that. Poor Charlie! IâE¦ I canâEt understand why us? Why this?âE? Hermione placed her hands on his shoulder. âE?RonâE¦ Nobody can and could answer that kind of question. Lot of unjust things happen.âE? She pulled together her eyebrows. âE?This time, I think you better try to accept it. You are a girl now. You should dress like one, you should pick a new nameâE¦ ItâEs not the end of your life.âE? âE?Of course it is! Hermione. I got turned into a girl!âE? âE?Yes, I can clearly see that.âE? Nodded the girl in her bossy tone. âE?I think it is the time that you should accept it at least. Maybe you should act like one!âE? âE?What?! Dress in drag and make big puppy eyes at Victor Krum? Maybe I should giggle and go ask him to sign my panties with my lipstick!âE? Ron was screaming, red faced. Hermione looked at him with ice cold eyes. âE?I think we better go and wait till he gets to his senses. He still acts like a five year old.âE? She turned her head and went out of the room. Harry stayed a little. He looked at Ron and shook his head. âE?You know you shouldnâEt have said that. You hurt her very badly. I hope youâEll ask for her forgiveness tomorrow. She is the only one who can help you to act like a ladyâE¦ or a girlâE¦ whatever. SoâE¦ IâEll go and try to calm her down. Good night.âE? Ron watched as his best friend left the room and thought about what he will do with Hermione. He was happy for them of course, but he just felt a little left out. Somehow he felt that Harry was taking HermioneâEs side because they were dating, not because he thought she was right. If they werenâEt dating, Harry would surely understandâE¦ But he couldnâEt be angry with Hermione too long, they were friends for too long to be angry with her. But deep inside it hurt. They were much, much closer to each other than to Ron. It felt if a distance was slowly creeping between him and the other two. Harry even spent fewer time with him at the Burrow than with Hermione. And it wasnâEt helping any that he was still alone. He still couldnâEt find a girlfriend whom he liked with all his heart. Of course there were some touches and snatched, clumsy kisses with Lavender and Parvati, but it wasnâEt enough. He felt too alone. And now this. He was in a girlâEs body, which meant that either he would get involved with a guy, or he would be all alone again. It was just his bloody luck, he thought. He fell in sleep with bitter thoughts. *** Asking for HermioneâEs forgiveness was easier than he thought. Hermione was all ideas about hair cuts, dresses, shoes and make ups. Ron was simply horrified. Hermione took the lead. She asked for some time in the muggle London, and she was allowed to go with MacGonagall of course. They spent almost a full day searching for clothes he had never thought of wearing. If he was someone else he would have laughed himself silly watching Hermione pull him in a womanâEs underwear store. When she thrust one black and one pink lacy, satin panties under his nose asking him which one he liked, he fainted on the spot. When he awoke he was looking at a very angry Hermione and a suspiciously coughing MacGonagall who looked like she was feigning coughs to cover her laughing. He looked again at the offending items and glared at them. âE?No way IâEm going to wear black. DonâEt they have something simpler? IâEm sure they must cost a fortune.âE? He blushed a little at the mention of money. Hermione just shoke her head, but MacGonagall smiled at him. âE?IâEm not here just to guard you, Miss Weasley. IâEm here to buy all your clothes. We all agreed with Professor Dumbledore that you should have clothes and because the accident, the ministry provided us with money enough to buy you anything. And, if you ask me I would say red is more your colour.âE? Ron nearly fainted again. âE?So, red it is.âE? Said Hermione happily, and went to collect more of that red satin underwear. The bras were more of that matter. Ron was not letting Hermione take a good look at her so MacGonagall had to go and save the day. âE?IâEm your professor, Miss Weasley, and IâEm old enough to be your grandmother. You probably donâEt expect to do anything other thanâE¦âE? Ron blushed and let her. They bought red satin bras to match the panties and bought stockings that made4 Ron pale. âE?I donâEt even know how to get in them, Herm, and they are horrid! They stick to you and you canâEt stop scratchingâE¦âE? He blushed beet red as the salesgirl looked at him like he went mad. Of course, he was a girl now, somebody who should be used to stockings by nowâE¦ So he just shut up and let Hermione buy him everything she wanted. It was easier for sure. She was happy to buy him and at least she wasnâEt complaining. A great relief to his ears. Skirts and blouses came next. He felt like a dress-stand. He had to try on every piece in the whole shop, and in the next and the next. The boxes were more and more and Hermione was still going on about him not having enough clothes to wear. She only did stop when the boxes were too much to bear. They arrived at Hoghwarts well after nine. Harry was laughing his head off at the items Hermione showed him proudly, especially the red satin panties. Ron thought that he would never live it down when in the middle of Hermione showing the underwear to Harry the twins arrived and they just stared at the âE~girl thingsâE, then at their brother and then back at Ron. In the next minute they were rolling about in the floor laughing silly. TBC Feedback please!