Hogwarts Ten Year Reunion
~* This was probably the worst chapter of this fiction, I'm changing most of it. *~
Chapter 11 ~ Old Friends
'Well, this reunion was a good idea, I wonder why Dumbledore never thought of having one?' Ron said, munching on a cookie. 'Imagine Snape, of all people, to be the first person to think to hold a reunion,'
'I know, I'm still finding it hard to believe myself, maybe he's under the Imperious Curse,' Harry answered.
'Harry, I do not think that Professor Snape would be under an unforgivable curse, especially now that Lord Voldemort is long dead, and his followers disbanded,' Hermione said.
'I know that, Hermione, but you never know, some of his followers are still out there, and I'm willing to bet that Draco Malfoy is one of them,' Harry argued.
'Speaking of Draco Malfoy, we haven't seen him all reunion,' Ron said.
'That's a good thing, Ron,' Harry replied.
'I know, but still, it would be kinda fun to run into him and his cronies,' Ron answered.
'It would remind me of back when we went to school, we always seemed to run into Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle whenever it was the worst time for them to be around,' Hermione said.
'I know, that's one of the things I hated about him, always showing up at the worst possible time,' Ron agreed.
'Well I don't think there can be any more "Worst times" for Malfoy to show up,' Hermione pointed out.
'I guess you're right, I mean, we haven't seen him for ten years, maybe he's changed anyway,' Harry thought out loud. Ron snorted.
'I don't think Malfoy's capable of changing, he has been, and always will be a prat,' He said.
'You never know, Ron, people change,' Hermione pointed out.
'Yes, people change, Malfoy's remain cold-hearted and evil,' Ron argued.
'Ron! Honestly! You need to mature,' Hermione said haughtily.
'Oh, guys, don't argue! We haven't spoken in seven years and already you two are at eachother's throats,' Harry groaned.
'Sorry Harry,' They muttered.
'So anyway, I haven't been around London for a long time, how did Dumbledore die?' Ron asked curiously.
'You don't know?' Hermione asked, relatively shocked. 'I've been caught up with my Astronomy studies, and even I know how Dumbledore died,'
'So… how did he… go?' Ron asked.
'Well, quite a simple answer to that question really,' Harry said.
'He died of old age,' Hermione blurted out. Ron blinked.
'Oh, I see, it makes sense, I mean, he was incredibly old,'
'Well, he died only five years ago,' Hermione said. The three of them stood in silence for a minute, not knowing what to say, until Ron blatantly changed the subject.
'Have either of you seen Mandy Brocklehurst?' He blurted out. Harry and Hermione gave confused looks.
'No, why do you ask?' Hermione said. Ron shifted nervously.
'Well, all through Hogwarts, I kinda had a thing for her, the way she walked, the way she danced with Terry Boot at the Yule Ball, the way she talked, she was so beautiful…' Ron trailed off. Harry and Hermione rolled their eyes.
'Ron Weasley?' A voice said coming from behind the trio. They spun around to face a beautiful young woman with long, straight brown hair, chocolate brown eyes and a slim physic. Ron glanced at her name tag, Amanda Brocklehurst.
'Mandy?' Ron asked.
'Yeah, hi Ron, I came to talk to you… alone?' Mandy said shyly. Ron looked at Harry and Hermione, who nodded enthusiastically.
'We'll just be right here, Ron,' Harry said, urging his friend to go and talk to Mandy, alone. Ron grinned and walked off with Mandy.
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'So, Mandy, what did you want to talk about?' Ron asked when they had walked out of the Great Hall, and were alone in the Entrance Hall.
'Well,' Mandy shifted her feet. 'I just thought you should know that I always had a, well, I liked you when we went to school, you were always the silent hero near Harry, and I doubt that Harry would have even been a hero if it weren't for you, I admired that in you,'
'Really? Wow, Mandy, that's great! I liked you all through school as well!' Ron said, breaking a smile. Mandy looked confused.
'Well, the thing is, I don't like you anymore, I found a husband,' Mandy continued. Ron's face fell.
'Oh, I see…' He said, rather disappointed.
'Don't be like that!' Mandy said quickly. 'Now we know that if we both had just come forward back at school, something could have happened between us,'
'Yeah, if only…' Ron muttered.
'No point dwelling on the past,' Mandy chirped. 'Would you like to dance?'
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~* Edited chapter 11, no this is not the end! There will be more chapters. I changed the entire format of this chapter, it still had the basic themes, like Ron liking Mandy, and Dumbledore's death, but it's different. *~
~Gryffindor Gal~