Chapter 3
The next day, Mr Weasley, Ron and Ginny got into their new car, which Mr Weasley had also "modified". It was the same size as their last car was on the outside, and just as big on the inside. They were setting off for Hermione's house. Ron had managed to complete all his homework the day before, which he was smug about.
They arrived at Hermione's house five minutes early. She was waiting for them at the window, and when she saw them coming out of the car she rushed to the window. Mr and Mrs Granger were with her, and they invited Mr Weasley in for a drink. He accepted eagerly, and had a look at all the muggle objects that fascinated him.
Hermione went up to her room to get her stuff, and Ron and Ginny followed. Her room was a light blue colour, and books dominated it. There were bookcases taking up two of the walls, books on shelves on the other walls, and books covered her desk. Hermione picked up her suitcase, and looked around for Crookshanks. He was lying on her bed, watching what she was doing. He then jumped off and went down the steps.
"Shall we go down now?" Hermione asked Ron and Ginny. Ron nodded and followed her down the stairs. Ginny was about to follow when something on Hermione's desk caught her eye. It was a pile of letters from Ron. Looking at what her brother had written, it seemed that Hermione had kept all Ron's letters since the summer holiday after their first year. She had also kept a newspaper cutting about when the Weasleys had won the competition in The Daily Prophet. She had kept it in good condition, and all the Weasleys on it were waving up at Ginny from it. She remembered where she was suddenly and ran down the stairs. It seemed that her brother wasn't the only one with a crush.
At the bottom of the stairs, Hermione was explaining to Ron how her camera could connect to a computer and print out. Ron couldn't understand why digital cameras didn't have films.
"You take a picture like you normally would," Hermione was explaining. "Then you connect it to a computer, and print it out."
"Why not just use film?" Ron asked, baffled.
"Because this way is quicker. Look, I'll show you." Hermione pointed the camera at Ron.
"Wait, can I take the picture?" asked Ginny, excited.
"Sure," Hermione said, handing it to her.
"Okay, you and Ron stand next to each other." The camera clicked three times.
"Right," Hermione said, taking the camera back. "Now we hook it up to the computer." They went into the living room, where Hermione connected the camera.
"Hey!" Ron exclaimed. "There's two tiny pictures of us!"
"One minute," said Hermione. A couple of seconds later, Hermione had printed off the three pictures Ginny had taken.
"We'd better see if we can drag Dad away," Ginny said to Ron. They went to find Mr Weasley, who was being shown how to use a video player. Ron rolled his eyes.
"Dad, we're supposed to be getting back to Mum," he said.
Mr Weasley got up hurriedly and took Hermione's bags into the car, whilst she said goodbye to her parents.
When they arrived back at the Burrow, Fred and George were waiting for them looking like they'd been given permission to blow up Percy's room.
"Ginny, we need you," said Fred.
"Seriously," said George. "You really need to." He caught sight of Ron and Hermione looking at him and George curiously.
"Test our latest invention," Fred finished quickly. The three of them ran up the stairs to the twins' room, Fred and George in the lead, like they were running to rescue the most valuable thing in the world.
"You're staying in Ginny's room," Ron said, turning to Hermione. They carried her suitcase up the stairs together (since it was crammed full of heavy books). Then they heard Mrs Weasley shouting at Fred and George.
They went back down to the kitchen, which was full of opaque, purple smoke. Eventually they found the door out to the garden. Looking up at the house in amazement. The smoke was streaming out of all the windows and doors.
"Excellent!" shouted Fred.
"How many did you break?" George asked his mother eagerly.
However, Mrs Weasley was not pleased. It turned out Fred and George had made some almost transparent spheres that were very delicate, and when they broke, the emitted the smoke that had taken over the house. When she had finished screaming, the smoke had cleared and everyone went back inside. Percy looked ready to kill Fred and George.
"You disrupted my essay on potion bottles!" he shouted. "I need to write that to make sure they are all made to an exact thickness." He trailed off as he noticed that the twins were back inside their room, not listening to a word he said.
Fred and George had another reason to be happy. Ginny had managed to write the poem (in the end with some assistance from the twins) and it looked identical to his handwriting to them.
"How did you manage to copy his handwriting so well?" George questioned, amazed.
"I borrowed some of his homework," Ginny replied.
"He's done his homework already?" Fred asked, looking horrified. "He's turning into Percy!"
"I think it has something to do with Hermione, somehow," said George.
Ron and Hermione were sitting outside in the garden, oblivious to what was going on in the twins' room. They were watching Crookshanks, who kept getting wet. The gnomes had found a good tactic against him: jumping into puddles forcefully. Each time they did this he would leap back in horror.
The next morning, Hermione woke early. She glanced at Ginny, who was curled up in bed. She went out to go to the bathroom, when she saw a piece of paper on the floor.
Ginny smiled, peering out of the slit of her door. Everything was going just to plan - or, rather to plan A. She chucked Errol out of the window. This was the signal to the twins saying that now was the time to act. The twins were flying outside Ron's bedroom. They chucked a smaller sphere into Ron's room, which started to fill with smoke. Fred and George flew back down quickly, and ran inside where; they could look up at Hermione.
She had turned the sheet over, and started to go slightly pink. It was covered with handwriting very similar to Ron's. Fred, George and Ginny all grinned. Now they just needed Ron.
Ron ran out of his room, where smoke was blocking out everything. He came face to face with a very embarrassed Hermione, who was still holding the paper.
***End of chapter 3***
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The next day, Mr Weasley, Ron and Ginny got into their new car, which Mr Weasley had also "modified". It was the same size as their last car was on the outside, and just as big on the inside. They were setting off for Hermione's house. Ron had managed to complete all his homework the day before, which he was smug about.
They arrived at Hermione's house five minutes early. She was waiting for them at the window, and when she saw them coming out of the car she rushed to the window. Mr and Mrs Granger were with her, and they invited Mr Weasley in for a drink. He accepted eagerly, and had a look at all the muggle objects that fascinated him.
Hermione went up to her room to get her stuff, and Ron and Ginny followed. Her room was a light blue colour, and books dominated it. There were bookcases taking up two of the walls, books on shelves on the other walls, and books covered her desk. Hermione picked up her suitcase, and looked around for Crookshanks. He was lying on her bed, watching what she was doing. He then jumped off and went down the steps.
"Shall we go down now?" Hermione asked Ron and Ginny. Ron nodded and followed her down the stairs. Ginny was about to follow when something on Hermione's desk caught her eye. It was a pile of letters from Ron. Looking at what her brother had written, it seemed that Hermione had kept all Ron's letters since the summer holiday after their first year. She had also kept a newspaper cutting about when the Weasleys had won the competition in The Daily Prophet. She had kept it in good condition, and all the Weasleys on it were waving up at Ginny from it. She remembered where she was suddenly and ran down the stairs. It seemed that her brother wasn't the only one with a crush.
At the bottom of the stairs, Hermione was explaining to Ron how her camera could connect to a computer and print out. Ron couldn't understand why digital cameras didn't have films.
"You take a picture like you normally would," Hermione was explaining. "Then you connect it to a computer, and print it out."
"Why not just use film?" Ron asked, baffled.
"Because this way is quicker. Look, I'll show you." Hermione pointed the camera at Ron.
"Wait, can I take the picture?" asked Ginny, excited.
"Sure," Hermione said, handing it to her.
"Okay, you and Ron stand next to each other." The camera clicked three times.
"Right," Hermione said, taking the camera back. "Now we hook it up to the computer." They went into the living room, where Hermione connected the camera.
"Hey!" Ron exclaimed. "There's two tiny pictures of us!"
"One minute," said Hermione. A couple of seconds later, Hermione had printed off the three pictures Ginny had taken.
"We'd better see if we can drag Dad away," Ginny said to Ron. They went to find Mr Weasley, who was being shown how to use a video player. Ron rolled his eyes.
"Dad, we're supposed to be getting back to Mum," he said.
Mr Weasley got up hurriedly and took Hermione's bags into the car, whilst she said goodbye to her parents.
When they arrived back at the Burrow, Fred and George were waiting for them looking like they'd been given permission to blow up Percy's room.
"Ginny, we need you," said Fred.
"Seriously," said George. "You really need to." He caught sight of Ron and Hermione looking at him and George curiously.
"Test our latest invention," Fred finished quickly. The three of them ran up the stairs to the twins' room, Fred and George in the lead, like they were running to rescue the most valuable thing in the world.
"You're staying in Ginny's room," Ron said, turning to Hermione. They carried her suitcase up the stairs together (since it was crammed full of heavy books). Then they heard Mrs Weasley shouting at Fred and George.
They went back down to the kitchen, which was full of opaque, purple smoke. Eventually they found the door out to the garden. Looking up at the house in amazement. The smoke was streaming out of all the windows and doors.
"Excellent!" shouted Fred.
"How many did you break?" George asked his mother eagerly.
However, Mrs Weasley was not pleased. It turned out Fred and George had made some almost transparent spheres that were very delicate, and when they broke, the emitted the smoke that had taken over the house. When she had finished screaming, the smoke had cleared and everyone went back inside. Percy looked ready to kill Fred and George.
"You disrupted my essay on potion bottles!" he shouted. "I need to write that to make sure they are all made to an exact thickness." He trailed off as he noticed that the twins were back inside their room, not listening to a word he said.
Fred and George had another reason to be happy. Ginny had managed to write the poem (in the end with some assistance from the twins) and it looked identical to his handwriting to them.
"How did you manage to copy his handwriting so well?" George questioned, amazed.
"I borrowed some of his homework," Ginny replied.
"He's done his homework already?" Fred asked, looking horrified. "He's turning into Percy!"
"I think it has something to do with Hermione, somehow," said George.
Ron and Hermione were sitting outside in the garden, oblivious to what was going on in the twins' room. They were watching Crookshanks, who kept getting wet. The gnomes had found a good tactic against him: jumping into puddles forcefully. Each time they did this he would leap back in horror.
The next morning, Hermione woke early. She glanced at Ginny, who was curled up in bed. She went out to go to the bathroom, when she saw a piece of paper on the floor.
Ginny smiled, peering out of the slit of her door. Everything was going just to plan - or, rather to plan A. She chucked Errol out of the window. This was the signal to the twins saying that now was the time to act. The twins were flying outside Ron's bedroom. They chucked a smaller sphere into Ron's room, which started to fill with smoke. Fred and George flew back down quickly, and ran inside where; they could look up at Hermione.
She had turned the sheet over, and started to go slightly pink. It was covered with handwriting very similar to Ron's. Fred, George and Ginny all grinned. Now they just needed Ron.
Ron ran out of his room, where smoke was blocking out everything. He came face to face with a very embarrassed Hermione, who was still holding the paper.
***End of chapter 3***
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