"Christmas shopping?" Ron asked as Mrs. Weasley pulled the group of teenagers into the family room and towards the fireplace rested against a bare wall. "I thought we already did that!"
"Well, your father and I have seemed to forgotten some things so we're heading over to Diagon Alley. Now come on, Ron you can go first." Mrs. Weasley said as she motioned for Ron.
"Wait for me!" Ginny said as she ran up to them trying to wrap the red and gold Gryffindor scarf around her neck. "I've too also got money to buy some presents." She smiled at Harry who smiled back.
"Where are Bill and Charlie?" Fred asked as he glanced around.
"They left earlier this morning. They tried to tell me something but it seemed to be rubbish so I just told them we'll meet them up when I got the rest of you out of bed."
"Must have been hard." George smirked as Mrs. Weasley shot him a look.
"Well, if you weren't too wrapped up in your tricks you might have just gotten enough sleep."
"Soon, George and I will be able to create a candy that will make you able to stay up for twenty-four hours so we won't ever have to sleep!"
"I'll be sure to look out for it but
for now- where on earth is Arthur?"
"Right here dear." Mr. Weasley
said as he too joined them.
"Alright then let's go. Now Ron if you would please."
Nodding, Ron took a step forward, grabbed some floo powder and headed into the fireplace. Turning back to face them he raised his arm, yelled "DIAGON ALLEY" and threw the powder down and a burst of green flames engulfed Ron leaving nothing left except the inside of the fireplace. Mrs. Weasley turned and faced Harry. "Your turn dear."
Harry, Ron and Hermione had found themselves seated on an empty bench watching shopper's do their last minute shopping. Mrs. Weasley had told the three of them to stay put as she finished up her shopping and it was taking quite a while. Ron had seemed to fallen asleep followed by a couple of annoying snores while Hermione sat there, her Transfiguration book open out in front of her. Harry laid his head back and stared up at the cloudy gray sky. It wasn't long until he heard Ron's voice out of the corner of his ear; "Spiders! Get them off!" Both Hermione and Harry turned their heads to look at Ron and watch as he started to brush himself off frantically.
Hermione shook her head and looked back at her book. "Don't worry Ron. I already got them off."
"Ah. Good." He closed his eyes and was soon back to sleep. Hermione smiled and looked at Harry who laughed.
"I can't Pansy."
Both Hermione and Harry quickly looked to where the familiar voice was coming from and Harry felt his stomach drop. It was Draco Malfoy accompanied by a pug faced girl also known as Pansy Parkinson. Her arm was linked with Draco's and she had seemed to be jumping up and down pointing at something in the window.
"Wouldn't it look beautiful on me?" She pointed to the long red dress that Draco didn't seem to think was at all anything close to beautiful.
"You look beautiful in anything." Draco lied as Pansy kissed him on the cheek.
"Why are you so sweet to me?" She cooed.
"Um, cause I love you? Maybe?"
She smirked and snuggled close to him.
"It's gross." Hermione said as she closed her book with a loud SNAP, which seemed to jolt Ron awake.
"Draco has no feelings 'Mione, " Ron said sleepily followed by a rather large yawn. "His heart is as empty as Goyle's brain."
"That's no surprise."
"Maybe Malfoy's desperate."
"Maybe I'm what?"
Harry, Hermione and Ron had been too busy picking on Draco that they hadn't realized that Draco and Pansy were inches away from their seat, glaring down at them.
"Maybe you need help to the door of St. Mungo's Hospital." Fred said who had too joined them followed by George.
Malfoy quickly shot them a glare. "I suppose your father works their now? Kind of came in frequently as a patient that they felt bad for him. Only place where he actually fits in."
Ron, Fred and George were now inches away from Draco's head, their fists raised.
"My father has nothing to do with you Malfoy." Ron snapped. "Nor does he want to."
"Too bad. Might put your father to good use."
It happened in seconds. Ron, Fred and George had tackled Draco, followed by Pansy's high-pitched screams that made the hairs on Harry's neck rise. Ron was punching Draco whenever skin showed. Fred was stuffing their cursed candies down Draco's throat while George pulled out his wand. Hermione too had screamed and tried to pull Ron off but he pushed her aside. "Not now Hermione!" He hissed.
Pansy was quicker than George was. She had pulled out her wand and yelled a curse and soon Ron flew off of Draco and hit into Harry sending both down to the ground. Harry's head hit something hard and all what he could remember was Hermione's yet another scream, Pansy yelling out curses left and right, and the fact that everything was growing blurry and soon all went black.
"Crazy. Absolutely crazy!" Mrs. Weasley voice filled Harry's head as he slowly opened his eyes. All he could remember was the fight between Ron, Fred, George and Draco and how everything went black. He slowly turned his head and saw a very blurry Mrs. Weasley yelling to Mr. Weasley who rubbed his forehead nodding occasionally. He noticed that he was in a Hospital bed, Ron on one side Fred on the other. "They could have killed themselves!" She shrieked as the nurse walked in holding a chart.
"Well," she began pushing her golden oval glasses up her nose while she cracked her gum. "Their test results are in."
"How are they?" Mrs. Weasley asked as the nurse tucked a strand of brown hair behind her ear.
"Well, Potter is okay. He is unconscious and should be better soon. The curse on George and Fred, twins are they?" Mrs. Weasley nodded. "It's minor and should wear off by tonight. They'll have those warts for a while. But Ron is the worst. That girl must be very powerful to conjure a spell like that. But he seems to be very lucky and only has some head injuries."
Mrs. Weasley's face went pale and Mr. Weasley wrapped an arm around her. "I'll go get the medicine that should help." The nurse said as she turned on her heel and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her. It wasn't long until the doors were soon pushed open and Hermione came in, her face flushed.
"How are they? Is Ron okay?" She breathed heavily and Mrs. Weasley didn't answer. "I told him to stop but does he listen? No." She hurried over to Ron's bed and sighed. "Ron."
Ron opened his eyes slowly and smiled as he saw Hermione. "Hey-"
"ARE YOU CRAZY?"
Fred quickly woke up. "Bloody hell 'Mione!"
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO ANYTHING STUPID SO WHAT DO YOU DO? DRACO IS IN SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR BROTHERS!" She began to break into tears and hid them behind her arm.
"Hermione-"
"No Ron. You don't understand how much I care for you. You almost gave me a heart attack when you wouldn't wake up after Pansy's curse-"
"Harry is here too-"
"Oh for heaven's sake's Ron!" Hermione leaned over and placed her lips gently and then looked at him. "Stop worrying about Harry. Of course he means a whole lot to me but it's you that I really have feelings for."
"The note-"
"Was about the pain I was going through. I thought maybe Harry would feel the same."
"He doesn't-"
"No he doesn't like me like that and you better be in good health for the Christmas Eve party tonight or I'm going to be ten times madder than this."
"I can believe that."
[ BlondeNeko ]
(Hope you liked it. :] This fanfiction stuff is addicting. Oh, and the chapter titles from 2 and on are quotes from in the story if you haven't noticed. :D )