"The Great Switch Up" Chapter 3: Great Surprises

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After dropping her stuff off in Ginny's room, which was also pink, to her horror, Tara walked outside to see Harry, Ron, & Ginny. 'This should be interesting,' Tara thought as she shut the door. She remembered Mrs. Weasly, who was a very cheerful & kind woman, telling her they were by the huge oak tree with many markings. All she had to do was look for the largest oak tree on the property. Soon enough, she found it, & it was huge. It was as big as their house! Walking over, she said, "Hi guys." When they turned to face her, she gasped with shock. "Keith, Cindy, ......Sam? Blimey Sam, you're a guy!" "Shut up," 'Sam' said, 'her' ears going as red as 'her' hair. 'She' was now a 'he', with her same red hair, except it was cut short, & she still had her blue eyes. "I never knew you would be Ron Weasly!" Tara laughed, "But you two do act alike!" "Well, look who's talking, know-it-all!" Tara shut up, but tried not to laugh. "Alright, I'll stop. Now, look who else is who." Keith now had messy black hair & emerald green eyes. "It's the great Harry Potter." "Now his ego's going to grow. 'Oh, I was Harry Potter!'" 'Cindy' joked. "At least I'm not a girl," Keith joked, looking at 'Sam'. "What?!" They all laughed, then Tara looked over at 'Cindy'. "Now, it's the youngest Weasly." 'Cindy' was now Ginny Weasly, her red hair the same shade as her usual, but now down to her mid-back & curlier, & she had bright green eyes. Tara plopped down on the ground in between Sam & Cindy, across from Keith. "Well, at least we all know who each other is," Cindy exclaimed. Suddenly, Tara thought of something. "You know what I just figured out? I think I know why we're the characters we are, & how we can recognize each other." The others looked at her confused, so she continued. "Well, Cindy, remember when I said you reminded me of Ginny? Maybe that's why you're Ginny, & Sam, you reminded me a lot of Ron, so you're Ron. Also, you two are related, so ironically, you would still be related now. I'm probably Hermione since I kind of look like her & we're both the smartest in our groups. Then, Keith is probably Harry since he sometimes acts like Harry." "Maybe we should call each other who we are now so we don't confuse other people," Cindy suggested. The others nodded, & in the far distance, they heard Mrs. Weasly calling for them, so they all got up & headed to the Burrow.

Later that evening, all four of them just got through a Weasly dinner, & it sure was great! Now they were up in Ginny's room, just talking about some cautions they would have to take & such. "Ron, I think you & Harry should lay off your relationship right now, since you're both guys now," Hermione stated, looking at the two of them blush. Ron piped up, "& none of us should fall in love with each other or such, especially you & me Hermione, since that wouldn't be right." Hermione nodded in agreement, bad thoughts of her & Ron like that in their normal world. "I wonder if anyone else got sucked into this world, like us," Ginny wondered. For the first time that night, Harry explained, "At least we all know who each other is & who we are. If we didn't...I don't even want to imagine what would happen if we didn't know who we are." They all nodded in agreement. Soon enough, Ron & Harry headed up to Ron's room, going to bed. "Do you think anybody at home knows we're gone?" Ginny asked, looking at Hermione. Hermione reassured, "I don't think time is continuing there; it probably froze or something of that kind." Ginny smiled, & said, "'Night 'Mione." "'Night Gin," Hermione replied to the now sleeping Ginny. As Hermione went to sleep, she couldn't help wonder why they were here or if anyone at home noticed that they were gone. Hopefully, they did.