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Chapter 5 The Joys of Having a Best Mate
The seconds seemed like eternity as I waited for Harry to unfold the papers and hand me one. Instead he just began reading the letter aloud.
Dear Harry and Remus,
If you are reading this letter, than I am no longer with you. I left it with Albus, and told him to send it shortly after the one month anniversary of my death. I can only send you my apologies for getting myself killed. I know that, Harry in particular, is going to be having a really tough time after my death. I only can hope that you two will be together upon reading this and that you are taking care of each other the best you can.
I have attached my will, you two can read it and than make sure the Goblins perform the proper transactions. Most of the money and heirlooms go to you guys anyways. I hope that the youngsters will use my inheritance to reach for their goals, goodness knows I hope that for all of you. That you acquire happiness in your life, despite the situation you were forced to grow up in.
Please know that I am with you guys in whatever you do. I'll give Lily and James your love and I hope that we see each other again.just not for a VERY long time. Be careful, stay alert and don't forget to live. I loved you both immensely. Harry was like my son, and Remus, you were like my brother. May the best be with you now and forever.
Love,
Padfoot
Tears welled up in both of our eyes and we just sat their for a few moments enjoying the presence that Sirius had in the room at that moment. It was truly magical (no pun intended). Then I picked up the will. I was shocked to see how much gold he actually had. The writing on the parchment was arranged in two neat columns, names and the inheritance of that person. It read as followed:
Molly and Arthur Weasley- 1000 galleons
Ronald Weasley-100 galleons
Fred Weasley- 100 galleons
George Weasley- 100 galleons
Ginny Weasley- 100 galleons
Charlie Weasley- 100 galleons
Bill Weasley- 100 galleons
Hermione Granger- 100 galleons
Nymphadora Tonks- 100 galleons
Alastor Moody- 100 galleons
Mundungus Fletcher- 100 galleons
Remus Lupin- 3000 galleons, plus ownership of Number 4 Grimmauld Place, custody of Harry Potter and a selected box of my family's jewels and other things that is marked 'for Remus'.
Harry Potter- 5000 galleons, plus an assortment of Marauder collections to be found in a box with the rest of my family jewels marked 'for Harry'.
I give my consent for Remus Lupin to trigger all rewards to go into place. That is all.
Sincerely,
Sirius Orion Black
I looked a little bit baffled. His will did give me quite a bit of money but I was surprised how precise it was. I smiled at the fact that he would give the Weasleys quite a bit of money, they needed it. If they wouldn't take it from people who were alive, they really had no choice to take it from a dead man. The children would hopefully use the money just as he asked, to jumpstart their careers, to give them a leg up. He knew, that at the very least, Hermione would fulfil this request.
Harry still had tear-stained eyes but he also had a smile upon his face. I could tell that he was happy that his friends would get some of the money as well. He turned to me.
"When can we go to the bank to trigger the will?" Harry asked.
"Why not today? We're not doing anything else, and than we can tell the Weasleys about it when we dine at their house tonight," I replied.
"Okay, that would be great. I'll go get dressed" Harry said. Then he scampered up the stairs and into his room. He looked happy, and I was glad. He deserved to be happy. I walked up the stairs to get dressed myself.
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When we arrived at Gringotts we walked up to the Goblins desk.
"Excuse me, my name is Remus Lupin and I'm here to activate the late Sirius Black's will," I said.
"One moment please." the goblin said. He then walked up to what looked like the head goblin and whispered something into his ear. The head goblin nodded his head and walked towards us.
"Right this way Mr.Lupin." he said, Harry followed in tow. The goblin led us onto the big carts and we zoomed down into the underground tunnels. Finally, we stopped in front of a particularly odd looking vault. The goblin stepped out of the car and indicated for me to do the same thing. He put out a hand to stop Harry from exiting the cart.
"Please press your hand against this plate on the wall to have the will activated. Keep in mind that if you are not actually Remus Lupin there will be dire consequences." the goblin stated. I pressed my hand against the hand shape on the wall. It turned red and disappeared.
"Sirius Black's will has now been activated. All of his possessions will be transported to the appropriate vaults. Please allow 24 hours for this transaction to take place." the goblin said curtly as he climbed back into the cart. I climbed in after him and the cart starting zooming upward to higher grounds. I held on tight to avoid motion sickness. After we reached the surface and climbed out of the cart the goblin turned to us.
"If that's all we can do for you today I'll just be on my way" he said. I nodded and he walked back to the desk of his fellow goblins.
"Why don't we go grab an ice cream before we head back home?" I asked Harry. He nodded and we started in the direction of the ice cream place. As we walked, I couldn't help but notice that something was definitely on Harry's mind. I decided to ask him about it when we sat down. I looked up to see that we were just mere feet away from Florean's now.
"Why don't you go grab us a table while I order. What do you want?" I asked Harry.
"Double mint chip, but I don't have any money on me at the moment." Harry said.
"Don't worry about the money, it's on me.you just grab us a table." I said. He gave me a weak smile and sat down at one of the nearest tables.once again he looked like he was in extreme thought. I turned to the lady at the counter and ordered the ice cream. She scooped it and than handed it me. I, ice cream in hands, walked towards the table and set Harry's ice cream in front of him.
"Sickle for your thoughts." I said as I sat down across from him. He just shrugged.
"Harry, please tell me what's on your mind." I pleaded with him.
"I don't really even know myself. I'm trying to work through something in my head" he responded.
"Well maybe I can help you sort it out." I suggested. He looked at me skeptically.
"Maybe" he said. He than paused for a while, looking at me. "I've been thinking about how I'm going to tell Ron and Hermione about the prophecy. I really want to tell them, they're my best friends and we don't have secrets but I don't know if I'm allowed to, let alone how I'm going to!" Harry said. "I was thinking that maybe I could tell Ron tonight and then tell Hermione later so that I don't have to tell them both at the same time".
"Well to ease your mind about the first question, you are allowed to tell them.
Dumbledore suspected that this might come up and he's given you permission to tell Ron and Hermione but anyone else you have to check with him." I said. "Dumbledore suspects that Ron might tell his parents and that's okay but you must stress that he's to tell nobody else".
"Okay, but you still didn't answer my second concern." Harry said.
"That's because that's something you have to work through by yourself Harry. You know those two better than I do. Display the information in a way that you feel comfortable with and that you think they'll respond well. Sometimes it's not easy to confide in our friends, but afterwards you usually feel a whole lot better. Get him into a quiet area with just the two of you and than set him up for what you're going to tell him. Don't just drop a bombshell on him, because that will add to the stress of the whole situation" I advised. He smiled at me.
"Thanks Remus." he said.
"Anytime Harry, anytime." I said as we got up to throw away our empty containers.
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Later that night as we got ready to go to the Weasley's, I could sense Harry's nervousness. I also knew however that Ron was his best friend and he'd feel much better once he wasn't keeping any secrets from him. Finally we were both ready.
"Here, Harry you go first." I said. He walked into the fireplace, threw down the flow powder and screamed 'the Burrow'. I walked into the fireplace and did the same.
*Harry's point of view*
When I walked out of the grate, I was immediately grabbed and engulfed into a famous Weasley hug.
"My goodness Harry, it is so good to see you!" Mrs Weasley said.
"Mum, you best let go of him before you suffocate him." Ron said from behind her. I looked at Ron and his big smiling face and smiled back at him.
"Hey Ron it's good to see you." I said, giving him a hug. "I have something kind of important that I need to tell you later on, so maybe we could go up to your room at some point" I whispered into his ear.
"Are you okay?" he whispered back.
"We'll talk later." I said, as we broke apart. He nodded, just as Ginny walked up to give me a hug. I hugged her back. Ginny was cool and everything, but she just wasn't anything like Hermione- wait what am I saying.Hermione is just a friend. Ginny is just like my sister, and so is Hermione. I shrugged off my thoughts and just gave Gin a smile before she retreated.
"How are you doing?" Ginny asked.
"I'm doing a lot better.thank-you for asking." I replied. Ginny smiled. In that way Ginny wasn't anything like Ron or Hermione, they'd know I was lying, she didn't.
"Well, dinners not going to be for another hour or so and I need to talk to Remus, so why don't you three go upstairs and entertain yourselves?" Mrs Weasley said. As we were walking up the stairs, Ron spoke to Ginny.
"Look, I haven't seen Harry all summer and we have some stuff to discuss in private, would you mind going to your room and writing a letter or something until dinner?" Ron asked his sister. She shook her head and walked into her room. We continued up the stairs to Ron's room in silence. He opened the door and we both walked in- I shut the door behind me. I sat down in a chair, while he sat on his bed.
"So, what's up mate?" he asked. I just grimaced a little at his attempt to make this conversation casual.
"Look, you're my best mate Ron, right?" I asked hesitantly.
"Of course Harry, always. What's the matter?" Ron asked, concern etched into his voice. "Well, there's something about the end of the last year that I haven't told either you or Hermione" I said. He nodded, as if encouraging me on. "Somebody had heard that prophecy before it was destroyed. That person was Dumbledore and at the end of last year he revealed to me what it contained," I said, looking away. Tears were starting to trickle down my cheek.
"Harry, what's the matter?" Ron asked, as he walked over to me. I stayed silent. "Come on, I'm your best mate, you can tell me anything."
"I know, it's just hard. I never thought that I'd get this emotional. Before I tell you what it said, you must promise not to tell anyone, not even Hermione. I haven't told her yet and I'd prefer that we told her together, not just you." I said.
"Of course, I would never repeat anything you told me to keep secret." Ron assured me.
"Okay, well basically the prophecy said that I'm the only one who can defeat Voldemort, that in the end I am the only one who can kill him. It's all up to me, the whole fate of the wizarding world as we know it lies on the shoulders of me." I said. I know I was full out crying. The whole weight of what I had just said came crashing down on my shoulders and for the first time since I heard it, I fully bared the burden that was given to me unwillingly. Ron patted the bed next to him, urging me to sit down over there.
"I'm so embarrassed that you have to see me like this," I stated. He shook his head.
"That's okay, if anyone deserves the right to cry it's you. Besides if you can't cry in front of your best mate, who can you cry in front of? Save all your masculinity for everyone else, because frankly I don't give a shit. You're my best friend and you're aloud to be yourself around me- whatever that self may be. There's a war in front of us and I have a feeling that we'll all be painfully involved in that war. We need to be able to latch onto our friends. I want you to know that you can always come to me. I know that I'm not all serious all the time like Hermione but that doesn't mean that I'm not welling to be there to support you and care for you 24/7. A best mate is an important person in a guy's life and you can always tell if you have one when you have another person with whom you can discuss everything- that means everything from girls and quidditch to life and death. Don't hesitate to call on me mate, 'cause I'm always here and I'm always welling to support you." Ron said, with emotion evident in his voice.
"Wow, Ron, that was amazing. Thanks, it all means so much to me. You're an incredible best mate, I wouldn't want anybody else. Please know that I'll be there for you too, anytime, anywhere," I said. I than gave him a quick hug.
"DINNER!!!!" Mrs Weasley called from downstairs. "Well I guess we'd better wash our faces, wouldn't want anyone to know we were up here crying or anything.you know, 'being emotional'" I said. "Yeah, we'd better, wouldn't want anyone to know the truth." Ron replied. We smiled at each other, before going downstairs to wash up for supper. Everything went smoothly and I don't think a single soul knew about what happened besides Ron and me. The joys of having a best mate.
Don't worry this isn't going to turn into slash. I always thought that Ron had a more sensitive side to him, so now that the story's getting more serious, I'm going to make Ron more mature too. He'll still be funny and Ron-ish, just not completely 100% jokester. After all, Harry needs a best mate. What with his blossoming feelings for Hermione and all. Yes, a bit sharp those who caught the first hint of a H/H romance. It will come up again in future chapters. That's all I'm saying, don't badger the author (or the beta, even if I don't know what will happen) for more.
Next chapter's Diagon Alley, meeting up with Hermione and looking at the stuff Sirius put in the vault for Harry. So, review, because quite frankly they make me happy. Between analytical papers and geometry I'm more tempted to write if I think people are reviewing. I make time, so to speak. I love you all and again- best regards to my beta-er. I just love the way she butchers (Hey!) up my baby for you guys to enjoy. She's great.so yeah! REVIEW!!! REVIEW!!!! REVIEW!!!! If you haven't figured it out the parenthesis are stuff my beta adds in when she sees my chapter in it's entirety (including authors note). When asking my lovely Beta if she had anything else to tell you, she simple stated: (If you flame twigs you deal with me!). Really- and after the good reputation I gave you! Gotta go ruin it for yourself- tsk, tsk, tsk.
In all seriousness- I think flaming are stupid. If you're not going to be constructive, what's the point? Constructive criticism is fine, but flaming's just plain stupid. And if you FWAC (flame without a cause) I'll set kanga loose on you. Hehe!
REVIEW!!!!!
Luv,
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P.S.- Kangaroo's an author too. You can find some of her stories by clicking 'find' and clicking in kangaroo. You should check them out, they're really quite good! And I'm not just saying that 'cause she's my beta. If any of you write stories, let me know in your review and as long as their not Sirius/Remus slash (which I have yet to find a good one) than I'll check it out!
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Note- Sorry for the absence of a disclaimer last chapter, don't sue me!!!
Enjoy!!!
Chapter 5 The Joys of Having a Best Mate
The seconds seemed like eternity as I waited for Harry to unfold the papers and hand me one. Instead he just began reading the letter aloud.
Dear Harry and Remus,
If you are reading this letter, than I am no longer with you. I left it with Albus, and told him to send it shortly after the one month anniversary of my death. I can only send you my apologies for getting myself killed. I know that, Harry in particular, is going to be having a really tough time after my death. I only can hope that you two will be together upon reading this and that you are taking care of each other the best you can.
I have attached my will, you two can read it and than make sure the Goblins perform the proper transactions. Most of the money and heirlooms go to you guys anyways. I hope that the youngsters will use my inheritance to reach for their goals, goodness knows I hope that for all of you. That you acquire happiness in your life, despite the situation you were forced to grow up in.
Please know that I am with you guys in whatever you do. I'll give Lily and James your love and I hope that we see each other again.just not for a VERY long time. Be careful, stay alert and don't forget to live. I loved you both immensely. Harry was like my son, and Remus, you were like my brother. May the best be with you now and forever.
Love,
Padfoot
Tears welled up in both of our eyes and we just sat their for a few moments enjoying the presence that Sirius had in the room at that moment. It was truly magical (no pun intended). Then I picked up the will. I was shocked to see how much gold he actually had. The writing on the parchment was arranged in two neat columns, names and the inheritance of that person. It read as followed:
Molly and Arthur Weasley- 1000 galleons
Ronald Weasley-100 galleons
Fred Weasley- 100 galleons
George Weasley- 100 galleons
Ginny Weasley- 100 galleons
Charlie Weasley- 100 galleons
Bill Weasley- 100 galleons
Hermione Granger- 100 galleons
Nymphadora Tonks- 100 galleons
Alastor Moody- 100 galleons
Mundungus Fletcher- 100 galleons
Remus Lupin- 3000 galleons, plus ownership of Number 4 Grimmauld Place, custody of Harry Potter and a selected box of my family's jewels and other things that is marked 'for Remus'.
Harry Potter- 5000 galleons, plus an assortment of Marauder collections to be found in a box with the rest of my family jewels marked 'for Harry'.
I give my consent for Remus Lupin to trigger all rewards to go into place. That is all.
Sincerely,
Sirius Orion Black
I looked a little bit baffled. His will did give me quite a bit of money but I was surprised how precise it was. I smiled at the fact that he would give the Weasleys quite a bit of money, they needed it. If they wouldn't take it from people who were alive, they really had no choice to take it from a dead man. The children would hopefully use the money just as he asked, to jumpstart their careers, to give them a leg up. He knew, that at the very least, Hermione would fulfil this request.
Harry still had tear-stained eyes but he also had a smile upon his face. I could tell that he was happy that his friends would get some of the money as well. He turned to me.
"When can we go to the bank to trigger the will?" Harry asked.
"Why not today? We're not doing anything else, and than we can tell the Weasleys about it when we dine at their house tonight," I replied.
"Okay, that would be great. I'll go get dressed" Harry said. Then he scampered up the stairs and into his room. He looked happy, and I was glad. He deserved to be happy. I walked up the stairs to get dressed myself.
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When we arrived at Gringotts we walked up to the Goblins desk.
"Excuse me, my name is Remus Lupin and I'm here to activate the late Sirius Black's will," I said.
"One moment please." the goblin said. He then walked up to what looked like the head goblin and whispered something into his ear. The head goblin nodded his head and walked towards us.
"Right this way Mr.Lupin." he said, Harry followed in tow. The goblin led us onto the big carts and we zoomed down into the underground tunnels. Finally, we stopped in front of a particularly odd looking vault. The goblin stepped out of the car and indicated for me to do the same thing. He put out a hand to stop Harry from exiting the cart.
"Please press your hand against this plate on the wall to have the will activated. Keep in mind that if you are not actually Remus Lupin there will be dire consequences." the goblin stated. I pressed my hand against the hand shape on the wall. It turned red and disappeared.
"Sirius Black's will has now been activated. All of his possessions will be transported to the appropriate vaults. Please allow 24 hours for this transaction to take place." the goblin said curtly as he climbed back into the cart. I climbed in after him and the cart starting zooming upward to higher grounds. I held on tight to avoid motion sickness. After we reached the surface and climbed out of the cart the goblin turned to us.
"If that's all we can do for you today I'll just be on my way" he said. I nodded and he walked back to the desk of his fellow goblins.
"Why don't we go grab an ice cream before we head back home?" I asked Harry. He nodded and we started in the direction of the ice cream place. As we walked, I couldn't help but notice that something was definitely on Harry's mind. I decided to ask him about it when we sat down. I looked up to see that we were just mere feet away from Florean's now.
"Why don't you go grab us a table while I order. What do you want?" I asked Harry.
"Double mint chip, but I don't have any money on me at the moment." Harry said.
"Don't worry about the money, it's on me.you just grab us a table." I said. He gave me a weak smile and sat down at one of the nearest tables.once again he looked like he was in extreme thought. I turned to the lady at the counter and ordered the ice cream. She scooped it and than handed it me. I, ice cream in hands, walked towards the table and set Harry's ice cream in front of him.
"Sickle for your thoughts." I said as I sat down across from him. He just shrugged.
"Harry, please tell me what's on your mind." I pleaded with him.
"I don't really even know myself. I'm trying to work through something in my head" he responded.
"Well maybe I can help you sort it out." I suggested. He looked at me skeptically.
"Maybe" he said. He than paused for a while, looking at me. "I've been thinking about how I'm going to tell Ron and Hermione about the prophecy. I really want to tell them, they're my best friends and we don't have secrets but I don't know if I'm allowed to, let alone how I'm going to!" Harry said. "I was thinking that maybe I could tell Ron tonight and then tell Hermione later so that I don't have to tell them both at the same time".
"Well to ease your mind about the first question, you are allowed to tell them.
Dumbledore suspected that this might come up and he's given you permission to tell Ron and Hermione but anyone else you have to check with him." I said. "Dumbledore suspects that Ron might tell his parents and that's okay but you must stress that he's to tell nobody else".
"Okay, but you still didn't answer my second concern." Harry said.
"That's because that's something you have to work through by yourself Harry. You know those two better than I do. Display the information in a way that you feel comfortable with and that you think they'll respond well. Sometimes it's not easy to confide in our friends, but afterwards you usually feel a whole lot better. Get him into a quiet area with just the two of you and than set him up for what you're going to tell him. Don't just drop a bombshell on him, because that will add to the stress of the whole situation" I advised. He smiled at me.
"Thanks Remus." he said.
"Anytime Harry, anytime." I said as we got up to throw away our empty containers.
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Later that night as we got ready to go to the Weasley's, I could sense Harry's nervousness. I also knew however that Ron was his best friend and he'd feel much better once he wasn't keeping any secrets from him. Finally we were both ready.
"Here, Harry you go first." I said. He walked into the fireplace, threw down the flow powder and screamed 'the Burrow'. I walked into the fireplace and did the same.
*Harry's point of view*
When I walked out of the grate, I was immediately grabbed and engulfed into a famous Weasley hug.
"My goodness Harry, it is so good to see you!" Mrs Weasley said.
"Mum, you best let go of him before you suffocate him." Ron said from behind her. I looked at Ron and his big smiling face and smiled back at him.
"Hey Ron it's good to see you." I said, giving him a hug. "I have something kind of important that I need to tell you later on, so maybe we could go up to your room at some point" I whispered into his ear.
"Are you okay?" he whispered back.
"We'll talk later." I said, as we broke apart. He nodded, just as Ginny walked up to give me a hug. I hugged her back. Ginny was cool and everything, but she just wasn't anything like Hermione- wait what am I saying.Hermione is just a friend. Ginny is just like my sister, and so is Hermione. I shrugged off my thoughts and just gave Gin a smile before she retreated.
"How are you doing?" Ginny asked.
"I'm doing a lot better.thank-you for asking." I replied. Ginny smiled. In that way Ginny wasn't anything like Ron or Hermione, they'd know I was lying, she didn't.
"Well, dinners not going to be for another hour or so and I need to talk to Remus, so why don't you three go upstairs and entertain yourselves?" Mrs Weasley said. As we were walking up the stairs, Ron spoke to Ginny.
"Look, I haven't seen Harry all summer and we have some stuff to discuss in private, would you mind going to your room and writing a letter or something until dinner?" Ron asked his sister. She shook her head and walked into her room. We continued up the stairs to Ron's room in silence. He opened the door and we both walked in- I shut the door behind me. I sat down in a chair, while he sat on his bed.
"So, what's up mate?" he asked. I just grimaced a little at his attempt to make this conversation casual.
"Look, you're my best mate Ron, right?" I asked hesitantly.
"Of course Harry, always. What's the matter?" Ron asked, concern etched into his voice. "Well, there's something about the end of the last year that I haven't told either you or Hermione" I said. He nodded, as if encouraging me on. "Somebody had heard that prophecy before it was destroyed. That person was Dumbledore and at the end of last year he revealed to me what it contained," I said, looking away. Tears were starting to trickle down my cheek.
"Harry, what's the matter?" Ron asked, as he walked over to me. I stayed silent. "Come on, I'm your best mate, you can tell me anything."
"I know, it's just hard. I never thought that I'd get this emotional. Before I tell you what it said, you must promise not to tell anyone, not even Hermione. I haven't told her yet and I'd prefer that we told her together, not just you." I said.
"Of course, I would never repeat anything you told me to keep secret." Ron assured me.
"Okay, well basically the prophecy said that I'm the only one who can defeat Voldemort, that in the end I am the only one who can kill him. It's all up to me, the whole fate of the wizarding world as we know it lies on the shoulders of me." I said. I know I was full out crying. The whole weight of what I had just said came crashing down on my shoulders and for the first time since I heard it, I fully bared the burden that was given to me unwillingly. Ron patted the bed next to him, urging me to sit down over there.
"I'm so embarrassed that you have to see me like this," I stated. He shook his head.
"That's okay, if anyone deserves the right to cry it's you. Besides if you can't cry in front of your best mate, who can you cry in front of? Save all your masculinity for everyone else, because frankly I don't give a shit. You're my best friend and you're aloud to be yourself around me- whatever that self may be. There's a war in front of us and I have a feeling that we'll all be painfully involved in that war. We need to be able to latch onto our friends. I want you to know that you can always come to me. I know that I'm not all serious all the time like Hermione but that doesn't mean that I'm not welling to be there to support you and care for you 24/7. A best mate is an important person in a guy's life and you can always tell if you have one when you have another person with whom you can discuss everything- that means everything from girls and quidditch to life and death. Don't hesitate to call on me mate, 'cause I'm always here and I'm always welling to support you." Ron said, with emotion evident in his voice.
"Wow, Ron, that was amazing. Thanks, it all means so much to me. You're an incredible best mate, I wouldn't want anybody else. Please know that I'll be there for you too, anytime, anywhere," I said. I than gave him a quick hug.
"DINNER!!!!" Mrs Weasley called from downstairs. "Well I guess we'd better wash our faces, wouldn't want anyone to know we were up here crying or anything.you know, 'being emotional'" I said. "Yeah, we'd better, wouldn't want anyone to know the truth." Ron replied. We smiled at each other, before going downstairs to wash up for supper. Everything went smoothly and I don't think a single soul knew about what happened besides Ron and me. The joys of having a best mate.
Don't worry this isn't going to turn into slash. I always thought that Ron had a more sensitive side to him, so now that the story's getting more serious, I'm going to make Ron more mature too. He'll still be funny and Ron-ish, just not completely 100% jokester. After all, Harry needs a best mate. What with his blossoming feelings for Hermione and all. Yes, a bit sharp those who caught the first hint of a H/H romance. It will come up again in future chapters. That's all I'm saying, don't badger the author (or the beta, even if I don't know what will happen) for more.
Next chapter's Diagon Alley, meeting up with Hermione and looking at the stuff Sirius put in the vault for Harry. So, review, because quite frankly they make me happy. Between analytical papers and geometry I'm more tempted to write if I think people are reviewing. I make time, so to speak. I love you all and again- best regards to my beta-er. I just love the way she butchers (Hey!) up my baby for you guys to enjoy. She's great.so yeah! REVIEW!!! REVIEW!!!! REVIEW!!!! If you haven't figured it out the parenthesis are stuff my beta adds in when she sees my chapter in it's entirety (including authors note). When asking my lovely Beta if she had anything else to tell you, she simple stated: (If you flame twigs you deal with me!). Really- and after the good reputation I gave you! Gotta go ruin it for yourself- tsk, tsk, tsk.
In all seriousness- I think flaming are stupid. If you're not going to be constructive, what's the point? Constructive criticism is fine, but flaming's just plain stupid. And if you FWAC (flame without a cause) I'll set kanga loose on you. Hehe!
REVIEW!!!!!
Luv,
Twigs
P.S.- Kangaroo's an author too. You can find some of her stories by clicking 'find' and clicking in kangaroo. You should check them out, they're really quite good! And I'm not just saying that 'cause she's my beta. If any of you write stories, let me know in your review and as long as their not Sirius/Remus slash (which I have yet to find a good one) than I'll check it out!
P.P.S- If you guys ever want to say something like a predictment that you don't want to leave in a review, feel free to e-mail me at twigs4us@adelphia.net, I will respond and I don't bite-promise!