A/N: ACK! It's 6:30 in the a.m. I couldn't sleep, so I decided to write, and Hermione (my cat) keeps attacking my pen and spiral! Plus, I have a lot on my mind and another cat is trying to get in… *shouts GO AWAY BUBBA!* ANYWAY… here's another chappy! Yay! The theme song is "Crazy Lovesick Fool" from Space Ghost! Yay! It's 6:30 in the morning! Yay! I've gone clinically insane! Yay!… Uhh… yeah…
Disclaimer: I own the plotline and the Mirror Dweller people demon thingies. If you wish to use (hehe when I was writing it, I wrote use to wish instead of wish to use…) that which *I* lay claim upon, or to archive this story, *please* ask me first! Everything else is JKR's.
Crazy, Lovesick Fool, From Space Ghost, sung by Brak and Zorak (but I modified it so it's Ron and Hermione)
[Ron]
Say that I'm a silly so and so
[Hermione]
So and so...
Ron]
Tell me I'm not clever, cute or cool
[Hermione]
Cool...
[Ron]
Tromp on my big toe
Darling, I still love you so
I'm just a crazy, lovesick fool
I know that I embarrass you sometimes
[Hermione]
All the times...
[Ron]
Like when I threw your mum into the pool
[Hermione]
Mum...
[Ron]
I yell a lot
And you can't understand a word I say
But, hey, I'm just a crazy, lovesick fool
I remember the night we met
It was in Gryffindor Tower
[Hermione]
You came into to wash your feet
She was eating a pile of meat
[Ron]
And that as they say was that
Oh...
At the moment
I am indisposed
[Hermione]
Indisposed...
[Ron]
But when and if someday
I get set free
[Hermione]
Free...take me
[Ron]
We'll find a little cottage
With a swing set and a slide
And crazy, lovesick fools we'll be
And crazy, lovesick fools we'll be
[Hermione]
Somebody...please kill me
Chapter 3: Floo Powder, Diagon Alley, and Hermione
"All right children, hurry up and eat your breakfast, you've got lots to do today."
"Muuum…. We're not kids anymore," whined Ron.
"Yeah, we're two and up!" piped up one of the twins; it was hard to tell which.
Mrs. Weasley merely glared at her wanna-be-adults and said, "I'm serious. Ron and Harry are supposed to meet Hermione in the Leaky Cauldron at nine o' clock sharp. It is now a quarter till!"
"Ooooh I forgot, Ickle Ronniekins has a date with his widdle girlfriend!" said the other twin.
"SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!"
"Now now, Fred-George, don't tease your brother. Bill and Charlie will be going with you today, as I have things to do around here," Mrs. Weasley said, ushering the group over to the fireplace.
"AWESOME!" exclaimed both twins at once.
"And *no* trips down Knockturn Alley!" said Mrs. Weasley, with a pointed look at her mischievous twin sons.
"Aw, Mum… You know we wouldn't *dream* of going there!" said Fred (or George), proclaiming their innocence.
Mrs. Weasley merely scoffed and hurried the five redheads, and Harry, into the fireplace.
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"What took you so long?" Hermione asked as Harry and Ron stepped out of the fireplace first, apparently voicing her disapproval of the blatant tardiness. "I've been here for *ages*."
Ron blushed and mouthed his apologies soundlessly, while Harry waited for them to finish their little *I-have-a-really-big-crush-on-you-but-I-don't-want-to-tell-you-because-I-don't-want-to-freak-you-out-and-I-have-rejection-phobia* moment.
After both parties of the crush, etc. moment got over their initial awkwardness at seeing each other, Hermione turned to Harry.
"Oh, Harry, I almost forgot! I have your birthday present… I was on holiday in America with my parents. I hope you didn't think I'd forgotten."
"But Hermione, didn't you send me that really old mirror?" asked Harry, confused.
"What old mirror? Did someone send you something and say I did? It could be cursed!" exclaimed Hermione.
"Well no, I just assumed it was you. And it's just a plain old Muggle mirror… nothing special about it," answered Harry.
"Well you know what you get when you assume, Harry…" said Ron.
"No, what?"
"You make an *ass* out of *u* and *me*… Get it?" Ron replied and keeled over with laughter and delight at his little joke.
"Oh *very* funny, Ron. Really *mature*," Hermione said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"But seriously, Harry. Why would anyone send you something *anonymously* if it were just an ordinary object? I want to look at it first thing when we get to the Burrow. Now, before I forget, here's your present," she continued, handing Harry a rather large box wrapped in scarlet paper and tied with a beautiful white ribbon that was covered in golden snitches.
Harry gingerly pulled off the wrapping paper to find… a book. Of course, one could expect no less of Hermione. He turned it over and noticed the title.
"The N.E.W.T.'s: How to Make Sure YOU Get the Top Grade… But Hermione… we haven't even taken our O.W.L.'s yet!" exclaimed Harry.
"It's never too early to start studying," replied Hermione, crossing her arms. "Oh go on; honestly Harry, do you really think that's all I put in that huge box?"
Harry put the book aside, and pulled off a large mound of tissue paper, finding a large jar. He pulled it out and saw that it was full of Chocolate Frogs, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Fizzing Whizbees, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Sugar Quills, and various other treats.
"Wow, thanks Hermione!"
"It's charmed to never be out of any of the different kinds of sweets."
"I guess I'll have to as Tom to hold all this for me until it's time to leave," said Harry, standing up.
"No need, Harry," said Bill, stepping up.
And with a wave of his wand, the book, jar of candy, box, and all the wrappings had disappeared.
"It's just a simple spell. It's all safely in Ron's room at the Burrow now," explained Bill, as he saw Harry's worried look. "Oi, Charlie, where did the twins go?"
"Oh, they went off. Said something about Gringotts and some girl named Alyssa who was waiting patiently, and would be ultra-pissed if they were late," replied Charlie, shrugging his shoulders.
"Okay, well Charlie and I are just going to hang out here. Go on about your business and meet us back here at four o'clock," said Bill, as he sank into a chair.
Harry looked to Hermione, Ron and Ginny.
"To Gringotts?"
The others nodded in agreement, and they set off for the wizard's bank.
"Honestly, Ron, I can't believe you've neglected your studies so much! Do you not *realize* how close the O.W.L.'s are? Do you *want* to fail out of Hogwarts and have your wand snapped and therefore be shunned by the entire magical community, therefore ending any life whatsoever you had as a wizard?"
"Oh come off it Hermione! You're blowing this way out of proportion! Maybe you and Percy should get together… Merlin knows he thinks work equals life! Besides, if anything I'll just copy off you all year long!"
"You most certainly will *not*!!!"
Harry turned away from his bickering friends, to Ginny, and said, "What do you say we give them a little nudge in the right direction?"
Ginny batted her eyelashes in pseudo-innocence, and replied, "Why, Haaaary, whatever can you mean?"
Harry leaned down and whispered his plan to the younger redhead, while she listened intently.
"Okay, on three. One… two… three!"
At the same moment, Harry *casually* bumped into Hermione, while Ginny *casually* bumped into Ron, thus causing Ron and Hermione to fall into each other's arms, and Hermione's lips *accidentally* meet Ron's. Hermione immediately broke away from Ron, but before she could finish mumbling her stammered apologies, Ron had pulled Hermione's lips back to his own, creating quite a spectacle for the innocent bystanders.
Harry and Ginny just walked away, whistling a guilty tune.
"Merlin, Harry… that was bloody brilliant!" said Ginny, giggling.
"Yeah I know," replied Harry. "I've been sitting on that one for quite some time now…"
The day wore on and the foursome had gotten owl treats (Pig was considerably less hyper with them), new books (Advanced Transfiguration, Advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts, and The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 5, for the fifth years, and The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 4, for Ginny), and new robes (All four had hit a growth spurt over the summer). They were currently taking a break in Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor.
They had all ordered peanut butter ice cream sundaes with butterscotch sauce as topping and were quite enjoying themselves.
Ron and Hermione kept exchanging secret looks, which tended to send Harry and Ginny into fits of laughter. Ron and Hermione would immediately inquire as to exactly *what* was so funny, but Harry and Ginny would merely begin whistling another guilty tune.
All too soon, they were back at the Leaky Cauldron, just as Fred and George came in, looking *quite* disheveled.
//Hmmm… this *Alyssa* person must like playing Wizarding Twister… Hmm… that sounds like fun!// Harry thought to himself.
As soon as everyone was gathered, they flooed back to the Burrow.
"Okay Harry, let's see this mirror," ordered Hermione, as she dragged Harry up to Ron's room.
Harry dug the mirror out of his trunk and handed it to Hermione, who promptly began to inspect it.
"Well I don't see anything unusual… WAIT A MINUTE! Harry, hand me that shirt lying there!"
She took the old grayish-green flannel shirt from Harry and began wiping the ancient wood of the mirror frame. She gasped as she saw a message written in rare runes.
"What is it Hermione?" asked Harry, leaning over to see the elegant marking appear.
"Hold on, let me decipher it, luckily I didn't drop Ancient Runes… Okay, on either side there's a lighting bolt and the runes say… 'Unleash the power that lies within thee, thou wielder of the Light.' Wow, this must be *centuries* old! As soon as we get to Hogwarts, I absolutely *must* go to the library and research old mirrors…" gushed Hermione.
Ron chose that moment to peek his head in the door and say, "Um, Hermione, can I talk to you?"
Harry grinned and left the room as Ron crossed to his bright orange-covered bed.
"Um 'Mione, about earlier…"
"It's okay Ron, I understand if you didn't mean anything by it…"
"Didn't mean anything by it?!? Blimey, Hermione, I've been dying to do that for like 800 years!"
Hermione laughed and asked, "Seriously?"
Ron blushed and said, "Yeah," before leaning down to awkwardly kiss her.
"So now that you're my girlfriend…"
"Ron, you prat! You never asked me to be your girlfriend!"
"But I thought…"
"Ugh, Ron, you never think!"
"DINNER!" called Mrs. Weasley.
"Will you please be my girlfriend?" Ron begged meekly.
"Yes! Now move! I'm hungry."
"Well at least we know who wears the pants in this relationship," Ron sarcastically muttered to himself, as he followed Hermione out the door.
A/N: It was 8:28 when I finished writing, and now it is 10:48, and I haven't slept yet. I'm sorry if this chapter sucked and was just a bunch of ramblings… I get really hyper and I ramble a lot when I'm this tired. I mean it's like I've been fed 50 pounds of sugar… fooooood… me need food…. Uh yeah… Anyway, I am disgusted with myself. I did not want R & H to turn into a couple in this fic! It just started flowing out of my pen! I don't even like that shipping! I just don't think they could work well together. And guess what… THEY WON'T!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Unless… ok, here's a poll. You must review to vote, and I will go with the category that has the highest votes. (I swear!) BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! (And if I get no reviews, the PINK BUNNY DIES!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!) Ok the poll…
Do you want:
A) Ron and Hermione to stay together forever as a happy couple. They're just perfect for each other and cute together and frufferiferous! Now let's all get together and sing Kumbaya while sitting on our own rainbow colored winged fairy unicorns!
B) It doesn't matter to me. You're the authoress and Queen Alexa of Queen Alexa's Universe. I bow to you, oh mighty and sexy and beautiful redheaded one! Write whatever the hell you want…
C) No way, break them up. They're just not right for each other. Besides, I want to see this OMC you had planned for 'Mione. He might be superhot!
D) Break them up. Ron's gay and madly in love with Draco, and Hermione has an ongoing relationship with Madam Pince, which is why she's always in the library. (A/N: DEAR GODS, THAT MENTAL IMAGE WILL HAUNT MY NIGHTMARES FOREVER!)
E) All of the above! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! (A/N: Pretty hard to do, but as Queen Alexa of Queen Alexa's Universe, I'm pretty sure I could manage it, especially if it's 10:59 am. It must be late/early if I'm spelling stuff wrong… (Trust me I've been spelling stuff wrong all night/morning and having to correct it…)
Annnnnnnnnnd cookies!!!!! All reviewers receive, not only a lovely handy dandy thank you name from Her Majesty, yours truly, but your very own evil British wizard!! (If you are a guy and witches are your preference, you have the honor of getting me instead! If you're a girly and witches are your preference, here, take a witch! *passes out witches*)
Lady of the Dark: It's so cool that you like my fic, cuz I love yours! And hey… I'll keep updating as long as you do… ^_~
DiscerningFanfic Tracy: Wow, such a big compliment from such a great writer! You made me blush! I daresay you probably don't think the same with this chapter though… Unfortunately this one is the product of an insane and sleep-deprived mind!