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Chapter 12: Day 6, February 2
"Ron wake up, we're gonna be late for breakfast, it's 8:30" said a very familiar voice.
Ron opened his eyes only to shut them again, suddenly all the events from last night all came rushing back to him. It was like his life flashed in a matter of seconds. Visions of the Potions lesson where he asked Lavender out for a walk, visions of landing Malfoy in detention, visions of the vicious Tongustian Hagrid brought in, and the actual walk with Lavender and their discussion. Then he suddenly had a vision about the Quidditch practice and how Harry was lost in the storm only to be found and later, declared dead in the hospital wing.
"Oh my god, Harry" whispered Ron, thinking he was still in the hospital wing being treated after he blacked out and collapsed onto the floor.
Then someone grabbed and pulled off all of Ron's bed sheets saying "Get up you stupid prat. We're going to be late."
Ron opened his eyes and looked up at the person staring right back at him. Ron's vision was blurry and when his sight came into focus he saw someone with dark hair and glasses who looked very familiar.
It was Harry.
Ron jumped out of his bed and gave Harry a bone crushing hug.
"Whooooooooooooooooooooo Hooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" roared Ron as he jumped what seemed like five feet into the air. When he landed he gave Harry another bear hug.
"CALM DOWN!" yelled Harry, struggling and trying to free himself from Ron's Death grip.
"I DON'T BELIEVE IT! YOU'RE ALIVE!" shouted Ron letting go. Only now he was poking and pinching his best friend in the arms, making sure that Harry was not just a figment of his imagination.
"What the hell is wrong with you Ron!" shouted Harry pushing Ron back. "Of course I'm alive you fool, who else would have pulled off your sheets to wake you up. Sheesh!" said Harry straightening his robes that Ron had ruffled.
"I'm just so glad you didn't die after what happened last night!?" said Ron very excitedly.
"Why in the world would I have died after last night?" said Harry, looking bewildered. "All we did last night was do some homework and was play chess. Is there something wrong with you Ron?"
Ron was at a loss of words. There he was, Harry Potter, the same Harry Potter that chased after the snitch in a snow storm just to avoid a detention, and the same Harry Potter who had died just last night in the hospital wing.
"Don't you remember last night? The Quidditch practice? The storm? You getting lost? " asked Ron catching his breath.
If Harry looked confused before his reaction now was indescribable.
"We didn't have Quidditch practice last night, there was no storm, and what do you mean I got lost?!" said Harry, getting angry.
"That's it" said Ron breathlessly and his eyes widening. "You don't remember what happened because today's still February 2" said Ron looking at the wall.
"Of course today is February 2 Ron" said Harry still looking worriedly at him. "What the hell is matter?!"
Ron had figured it all out now. Since he was still doomed to repeat February 2, everything had to return to normal. Even if someone died. Nothing physical could happen and have a lasting effect because it would just repeat the next day.
"Of course, this all makes sense now" said Ron in awe.
"Ok Ron stop. Tell me what in hell is going on here because I am this close to sending you to Madam Pomfrey" said Harry.
Ron had to figure out something quick that would make Harry back off and think he was still normal.
"I had a dream last night" said Ron very quickly. "It was really strange mate, it seemed like it was real" lied Ron.
"All right Ron just take it easy ok. Whatever it was, it was all a bad dream" said Harry laughing now.
Ron smiled and nodded.
"I'm going to go down stairs and wait for you because I can see that you are not a morning person today" said Harry, he left laughing and shaking his head.
"Even death forgets about tomorrow" said Ron sitting back down on his bed massaging his temple.
"I can't believe this is happening to me" said Ron shaking his head and laughing. "That was some night I had last night."
Ron sat on his bed a while longer thinking about what he had seen throughout this whole experience.
"So that's why the dormitory is always empty at 11:30 every night. Harry's suppose to be in the hospital wing dead" said Ron, talking to himself.
"So that means it is inevitable that it's going to happen again tonight. Harry's going to die all over again" Ron wondered.
"No not this time. This is not happening anymore. I'm just going to have to figure out a way to save Harry."
"Dean, Seamus and Neville sure showed some courage last night. Not to mention Ginny, Alicia, Jack and Andrew."
"OH MERLIN! GINNY!" said Ron, sitting up.
"No wait, HA, of course she's ok. I mean Harry is, and I am too so Ginny has to be fine as well."
Ron layed back down and then thought about it in a whole different perspective.
"Nothing matters anymore. Only I remember it all. I don't even feel sick from last night. But I should be, I should have a serious cold. I shouldn't even be out of bed after last night. I probably should be dead."
Ron concluded that any normal event deviating from the day without his doing HAD to mean that something was very wrong and that the possibility of returning back to normal time was likely to happen. Nothing like that ever happened yet but Ron still held on to hope that he would someday get out of this time mismanagement.
"If i'm ever going to get out of this situation, Harry is damn sure going to go on too."
Ron decided not to over think things right now and not to let this bother him any more today. At least his best friend, Harry was still alive and well. He would just have to sit back and see if he could figure this time thing out. He was determined not to be angry about this happenstance and just try and make it at least enjoyable. He was in fact, stuck like this until he could either figure it out, or at least wait for whatever magic it was to let him escape this time warp.
"Well things are going to be different today. If only I knew what to do. I'll get an idea sooner or later I guess."
When Ron looked at his watch he knew he was late and was going to miss breakfast once again.
"Hermione's going to be menacing" said Ron shaking his head and smiling as he pinned his Prefect badge on his robes. He checked his image one last time in the mirror and left his dormitory.
"Where have you been Ron, its ten minutes to nine we're not going to have time for breakfast, come on were due in Potions" said Hermione irritably.
Ron had just got down to the common room and once again he saw his two best friends standing
in the exact same spot. Harry was grinning while Hermione was looking at him with an angry look on her face. It looked as though Hermione was going to slap Ron.
"And why in the world were you jumping and hollering in your dormitory?" asked Hermione heatedly.
"Just couldn't wait to see you, Hermione" said Ron grinning.
Hermione looked taken aback but turned a little scarlet "oh don't give me that, Ron" she said, but she didn't say anything else about Ron's behaviour earlier in the dormitory.
The three travelled down to the Potions classroom and while they were walking, Ron heard Harry's stomach growl.
Ron laughed at this while Harry and Hermione scowled.
"What's so funny Ron?" said Hermione acidly
"You two should have gone down to breakfast without me" said Ron.
"Well I didn't know you were going to be that slow" said Harry.
"Breakfast is no big a deal Harry. You'll live" said Ron.
"Ron you can't skip breakfast. It's the most important meal of the day. We were kind enough to wait while you were taking forever causing Harry and I miss breakfast" said Hermione hotly.
"Whoa" said Harry as he stopped.
"What's the matter mate?" asked Ron.
"N-Nothing" said Harry shaking his head as if something was in it.
"Harry tell us, is it your scar? Is it V-Voldemort?" asked Hermione looking alarmed.
"No, it's not that, it's just . . . I just got the strangest sense of deja vu" said Harry.
Harry's deja vu had caught Ron's full attention. Harry seemed to be the only one so far to think that something was strange about this day. (Other than Ron)
"Do you still feel something?" said Ron hopefully.
"No, no it's nothing. It's gone now" said Harry.
"Potter, Weasley and Granger what's going on here?" asked Professor Snape.
"Nothing sir, just stoped to tie my shoe" lied Harry once again. Ron smiled to himself as he thought "same ole lie"
"Well that are you waiting for?" growled Snape.
"Yes sir, we'll be on our way sir" said Ron.
Ron contemplated on getting Snape drenched in coffee once again but he didn't feel like it. "There's always tomorrow" thought Ron.
Snape followed closely behind Ron, Harry and Hermione as they walked in front. When they were about to walk around the corner where Malfoy was to appear, when Ron stopped and held Harry and Hermione back. "Wait" he said.
Malfoy came around the corner carrying his cup of coffee as usual. This time, Ron had managed to keep everyone happy. No one crashed into each other, no one got scalded by coffee and no points were taken by Snape. Harry and Malfoy stared daggers at each other.
"Where are you going Draco? Class is about to begin in two minutes" said Snape calmly.
"Just got to throw this cup of coffee out sir, it's a bit hot for my taste. I'll be in class very shortly sir" said Malfoy.
Snape nodded to Malfoy and he turned to growl at Ron "Move along Weasley"
Malfoy sneered at Ron as he passed him by and muttered "weasel" under his breath so only Ron could hear. Ron merely nodded and went on with Harry and Hermione to Potions.
"Why did you tell us to stop earlier before we went around that corner?" asked Harry as they took their seats next to each other.
"Yeah" added Hermione.
"I'll tell you later" said Ron quickly. "But first, Harry you're going to be my partner for this upcoming test on the Cruxtitions potion. Ok?" said Ron who didn't want Neville as a partner this time. He wanted to have a conversation with someone other than Neville for once. It might as well be with his best friend.
"What test?" said Harry worriedly.
"Yeah, what test Ron? There's no test supposed to be assigned in Potions today" said Hermione looking at Ron oddly.
"Just be my partner ok Harry?" asked Ron.
"Yeah ok, fine" said Harry shrugging.
Ron could have sworn Hermione looked a bit disappointed at not being asked to be his partner instead of Harry. It wasn't Harry she wanted to be partners with anyway. Normally Hermione was supposed to be Lavender's partner and if she wanted Harry to be her partner than she would have asked. Ron smiled to himself but dropped the subject.
Snape walked into the room looking surly, walked sternly to the front of the class, surveyed it and let out a grunt.
"Pop test"said Snape with a smirk on his face.
"Bingo" said Ron happily as Harry and Hermione looked astonished at him.
"Today you will be brewing the Cruxtitions potion. If you read your chapter last night as you were told to than you should know what ingredients are needed to make this complicated potion. I trust that you already know that I will be selecting potions at random and testing them on students, so get into pairs because you have to test your partner's potion. You have half of this class to prepare your potions, than the next half will be used to test them." said Snape and he once again left the room.
Ron and Harry paired up while the rest of the class all got into pairs too. Neville and Seamus were force to partner up now that Ron had changed the order of things for the day. Ron had no plans to blow up Snape's classroom today; he just wanted to make it out quickly and peacefully without any catastrophes. He had enough excitement from last night.
"I wonder how those two are going to do" Ron muttered to himself quietly while looking at Neville and Seamus.
"What did you say mate?" asked Harry.
"Oh, um, nothing mate. Lets get the necessary ingredients and make this damn potion. I want this potion done as soon as possible" said Ron laughing.
When Ron and Harry got all the necessary ingredients, they started on their Cruxtitions potion. Ron insisted that he do all the work while he gave Harry instructions on cutting up roots and scarabs. Harry did everything Ron told him to do and didn't ask a lot of questions. Since Ron knew everything he needed to know about making the perfect Cruxtitions potion, he worked extremely fast. Ron's idea was to get this done as soon as possible so he could have some free time and chat with Harry.
"Ok all set" said Ron adding the last crucial ingredient. "Now all we have do is stir it every so often counterclockwise and it should be perfect. But don't stir it clockwise or else the potion will only be half as effective and Snape will give us bottom marks"
"Geeze Ron, are you sure it's good enough? I thought we were supposed to add more octopus tentacles" said Harry, looking down at his potion.
"No, adding too much octopus tentacles will make you exhale smoke. The potion's perfect, trust me" said Ron, clearing the desk of extra scarabs and beatles.
"Well I'm blaming you if I get a bad mark on this test" said Harry smiling.
"You won't" said Ron.
"Whoa, I think we're the only one's to finish Ron. In fact we're the only group to be in the brewing stage of the potion " said Harry, looking around the room to see the progress of everybody else.
"Yup, well I studied and mastered the technique. Learned it all from hard work and effort" said Ron grinning.
"Since when? We were only asked to read this section just last night and we both decided not to bother with it remember? In fact Hermione was the only one to read it. We played a few rounds of chess after our homework was done" said Harry.
"Yeah well I'm that damn good" said Ron laughing.
"Very funny" said Harry sarcastically. "I wouldn't be surprised if you completely guessed how to make this potion"
"We'll see when Snape gives you a 10 out of 10 mate" said Ron.
"Well now, are you going to tell me why you stopped Hermione and me from going around that corner?" said Harry.
Ron had to think fast and come up with a logical answer.
"I saw a shadow" lied Ron. "We were going to hit Malfoy if we didn't stop"
"How did you know it was Malfoy?" asked Harry, furrowing his brow.
"I didn't, it just turned out it was him" said Ron
"Oh" said Harry nodding slowly. "Good eye"
"Thanks" said Ron.
"Ron why are you two just standing around and talking? You should be preparing your potions" said Hermione bossily. She was a few feet away from Ron and Harry's table with Lavender cutting up her frog's eyes.
"We're in the brewing stages" said Ron mocking her.
"What?!" said Hermione dropping her knife and narrowly missing Lavender's hand.
"Yeah, all we have to do is watch and stir this goo" said Harry.
"There is no way you can be the brewing stages this early" said Hermione looking at her own ingredients as if she was comparing her work with Ron and Harry's.
"Well Ron did most of the work. He says he knows it all, frankly I think we're going to fail this test" said Harry laughing.
"Your faith in me is touching, Potter" said Ron sarcastically and the two boys laughed.
Hermione let out a giggle as did Lavender.
"Well I for one think you've done it all wrong. There's no way you're going to do well on this test if you're already in the brewing stages" said Hermione.
Ron didn't know wether to feel upset by this lack of confidence from Hermione or to laugh.
"How do you know? You haven't seen us working over here" said Ron.
"I don't need to see you working at your potion to know that you didn't do it right Ron. I know you well enough to know that you have never once completed a successful potion this quickly. Besides you didn't even read the chapter on the Cruxtitions Potion, even though Snape assigned it for reading. How can you possibly know what ingredients to use and how to correctly mix them?" said Hermione.
Harry and Lavender looked at Hermione as though she had just said a swear word.
Ron thought that Hermione had gone way too far this time. She had practically insulted him right in front of Harry and Lavender. An insult that he thought he didn't deserve. She was practically telling him that he was unable to do a good job in Potions. Even though she didn't see Ron prepare his and Harry's potion, she still managed to judge him before his potion was to be tested and it was all said and done. His first feeling was of anger toward Hermione but before he could say something nasty to her, he had another thought. Another idea had just gone and popped into his head.
"Instead of taking out my anger on Hermione, I'll just have to teach her a little lesson" he said to himself. Besides, anger never solves anything.
Ron had another idea formed in his head. This one was going to be very interesting and he was going to really rub Hermione's nose in this one. "Oh this is going to be good. Hermione won't know what hit her." Ron thought.
"Ron Weasley, this is the most brilliant plan you've ever come up with" Ron said to himself as he turned to challenge Hermione.
A/N: Thank you very much for reviewing!!!!
The next chapter is going to be a pretty fun one to write and hopefully to read as well. I have a few ideas flowing around in my head but that's for future chapters.
No, Ron is not going to actually going to hit Hermione with anything physical.
But It's going to be fun.
Q: Want a clue??
A: Well ok, the clue is that Ron won't be out walking around the grounds with Lavender this time.
Teaser:
Will he do it again? Will he ask someone else? Who will it be? How will it happen? Will Ron forget about Harry and that practice he's not suppose to be attending?
Again Thanks for the Reviews, don't be shy so keep reviewing :-)
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Chapter 12: Day 6, February 2
"Ron wake up, we're gonna be late for breakfast, it's 8:30" said a very familiar voice.
Ron opened his eyes only to shut them again, suddenly all the events from last night all came rushing back to him. It was like his life flashed in a matter of seconds. Visions of the Potions lesson where he asked Lavender out for a walk, visions of landing Malfoy in detention, visions of the vicious Tongustian Hagrid brought in, and the actual walk with Lavender and their discussion. Then he suddenly had a vision about the Quidditch practice and how Harry was lost in the storm only to be found and later, declared dead in the hospital wing.
"Oh my god, Harry" whispered Ron, thinking he was still in the hospital wing being treated after he blacked out and collapsed onto the floor.
Then someone grabbed and pulled off all of Ron's bed sheets saying "Get up you stupid prat. We're going to be late."
Ron opened his eyes and looked up at the person staring right back at him. Ron's vision was blurry and when his sight came into focus he saw someone with dark hair and glasses who looked very familiar.
It was Harry.
Ron jumped out of his bed and gave Harry a bone crushing hug.
"Whooooooooooooooooooooo Hooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" roared Ron as he jumped what seemed like five feet into the air. When he landed he gave Harry another bear hug.
"CALM DOWN!" yelled Harry, struggling and trying to free himself from Ron's Death grip.
"I DON'T BELIEVE IT! YOU'RE ALIVE!" shouted Ron letting go. Only now he was poking and pinching his best friend in the arms, making sure that Harry was not just a figment of his imagination.
"What the hell is wrong with you Ron!" shouted Harry pushing Ron back. "Of course I'm alive you fool, who else would have pulled off your sheets to wake you up. Sheesh!" said Harry straightening his robes that Ron had ruffled.
"I'm just so glad you didn't die after what happened last night!?" said Ron very excitedly.
"Why in the world would I have died after last night?" said Harry, looking bewildered. "All we did last night was do some homework and was play chess. Is there something wrong with you Ron?"
Ron was at a loss of words. There he was, Harry Potter, the same Harry Potter that chased after the snitch in a snow storm just to avoid a detention, and the same Harry Potter who had died just last night in the hospital wing.
"Don't you remember last night? The Quidditch practice? The storm? You getting lost? " asked Ron catching his breath.
If Harry looked confused before his reaction now was indescribable.
"We didn't have Quidditch practice last night, there was no storm, and what do you mean I got lost?!" said Harry, getting angry.
"That's it" said Ron breathlessly and his eyes widening. "You don't remember what happened because today's still February 2" said Ron looking at the wall.
"Of course today is February 2 Ron" said Harry still looking worriedly at him. "What the hell is matter?!"
Ron had figured it all out now. Since he was still doomed to repeat February 2, everything had to return to normal. Even if someone died. Nothing physical could happen and have a lasting effect because it would just repeat the next day.
"Of course, this all makes sense now" said Ron in awe.
"Ok Ron stop. Tell me what in hell is going on here because I am this close to sending you to Madam Pomfrey" said Harry.
Ron had to figure out something quick that would make Harry back off and think he was still normal.
"I had a dream last night" said Ron very quickly. "It was really strange mate, it seemed like it was real" lied Ron.
"All right Ron just take it easy ok. Whatever it was, it was all a bad dream" said Harry laughing now.
Ron smiled and nodded.
"I'm going to go down stairs and wait for you because I can see that you are not a morning person today" said Harry, he left laughing and shaking his head.
"Even death forgets about tomorrow" said Ron sitting back down on his bed massaging his temple.
"I can't believe this is happening to me" said Ron shaking his head and laughing. "That was some night I had last night."
Ron sat on his bed a while longer thinking about what he had seen throughout this whole experience.
"So that's why the dormitory is always empty at 11:30 every night. Harry's suppose to be in the hospital wing dead" said Ron, talking to himself.
"So that means it is inevitable that it's going to happen again tonight. Harry's going to die all over again" Ron wondered.
"No not this time. This is not happening anymore. I'm just going to have to figure out a way to save Harry."
"Dean, Seamus and Neville sure showed some courage last night. Not to mention Ginny, Alicia, Jack and Andrew."
"OH MERLIN! GINNY!" said Ron, sitting up.
"No wait, HA, of course she's ok. I mean Harry is, and I am too so Ginny has to be fine as well."
Ron layed back down and then thought about it in a whole different perspective.
"Nothing matters anymore. Only I remember it all. I don't even feel sick from last night. But I should be, I should have a serious cold. I shouldn't even be out of bed after last night. I probably should be dead."
Ron concluded that any normal event deviating from the day without his doing HAD to mean that something was very wrong and that the possibility of returning back to normal time was likely to happen. Nothing like that ever happened yet but Ron still held on to hope that he would someday get out of this time mismanagement.
"If i'm ever going to get out of this situation, Harry is damn sure going to go on too."
Ron decided not to over think things right now and not to let this bother him any more today. At least his best friend, Harry was still alive and well. He would just have to sit back and see if he could figure this time thing out. He was determined not to be angry about this happenstance and just try and make it at least enjoyable. He was in fact, stuck like this until he could either figure it out, or at least wait for whatever magic it was to let him escape this time warp.
"Well things are going to be different today. If only I knew what to do. I'll get an idea sooner or later I guess."
When Ron looked at his watch he knew he was late and was going to miss breakfast once again.
"Hermione's going to be menacing" said Ron shaking his head and smiling as he pinned his Prefect badge on his robes. He checked his image one last time in the mirror and left his dormitory.
"Where have you been Ron, its ten minutes to nine we're not going to have time for breakfast, come on were due in Potions" said Hermione irritably.
Ron had just got down to the common room and once again he saw his two best friends standing
in the exact same spot. Harry was grinning while Hermione was looking at him with an angry look on her face. It looked as though Hermione was going to slap Ron.
"And why in the world were you jumping and hollering in your dormitory?" asked Hermione heatedly.
"Just couldn't wait to see you, Hermione" said Ron grinning.
Hermione looked taken aback but turned a little scarlet "oh don't give me that, Ron" she said, but she didn't say anything else about Ron's behaviour earlier in the dormitory.
The three travelled down to the Potions classroom and while they were walking, Ron heard Harry's stomach growl.
Ron laughed at this while Harry and Hermione scowled.
"What's so funny Ron?" said Hermione acidly
"You two should have gone down to breakfast without me" said Ron.
"Well I didn't know you were going to be that slow" said Harry.
"Breakfast is no big a deal Harry. You'll live" said Ron.
"Ron you can't skip breakfast. It's the most important meal of the day. We were kind enough to wait while you were taking forever causing Harry and I miss breakfast" said Hermione hotly.
"Whoa" said Harry as he stopped.
"What's the matter mate?" asked Ron.
"N-Nothing" said Harry shaking his head as if something was in it.
"Harry tell us, is it your scar? Is it V-Voldemort?" asked Hermione looking alarmed.
"No, it's not that, it's just . . . I just got the strangest sense of deja vu" said Harry.
Harry's deja vu had caught Ron's full attention. Harry seemed to be the only one so far to think that something was strange about this day. (Other than Ron)
"Do you still feel something?" said Ron hopefully.
"No, no it's nothing. It's gone now" said Harry.
"Potter, Weasley and Granger what's going on here?" asked Professor Snape.
"Nothing sir, just stoped to tie my shoe" lied Harry once again. Ron smiled to himself as he thought "same ole lie"
"Well that are you waiting for?" growled Snape.
"Yes sir, we'll be on our way sir" said Ron.
Ron contemplated on getting Snape drenched in coffee once again but he didn't feel like it. "There's always tomorrow" thought Ron.
Snape followed closely behind Ron, Harry and Hermione as they walked in front. When they were about to walk around the corner where Malfoy was to appear, when Ron stopped and held Harry and Hermione back. "Wait" he said.
Malfoy came around the corner carrying his cup of coffee as usual. This time, Ron had managed to keep everyone happy. No one crashed into each other, no one got scalded by coffee and no points were taken by Snape. Harry and Malfoy stared daggers at each other.
"Where are you going Draco? Class is about to begin in two minutes" said Snape calmly.
"Just got to throw this cup of coffee out sir, it's a bit hot for my taste. I'll be in class very shortly sir" said Malfoy.
Snape nodded to Malfoy and he turned to growl at Ron "Move along Weasley"
Malfoy sneered at Ron as he passed him by and muttered "weasel" under his breath so only Ron could hear. Ron merely nodded and went on with Harry and Hermione to Potions.
"Why did you tell us to stop earlier before we went around that corner?" asked Harry as they took their seats next to each other.
"Yeah" added Hermione.
"I'll tell you later" said Ron quickly. "But first, Harry you're going to be my partner for this upcoming test on the Cruxtitions potion. Ok?" said Ron who didn't want Neville as a partner this time. He wanted to have a conversation with someone other than Neville for once. It might as well be with his best friend.
"What test?" said Harry worriedly.
"Yeah, what test Ron? There's no test supposed to be assigned in Potions today" said Hermione looking at Ron oddly.
"Just be my partner ok Harry?" asked Ron.
"Yeah ok, fine" said Harry shrugging.
Ron could have sworn Hermione looked a bit disappointed at not being asked to be his partner instead of Harry. It wasn't Harry she wanted to be partners with anyway. Normally Hermione was supposed to be Lavender's partner and if she wanted Harry to be her partner than she would have asked. Ron smiled to himself but dropped the subject.
Snape walked into the room looking surly, walked sternly to the front of the class, surveyed it and let out a grunt.
"Pop test"said Snape with a smirk on his face.
"Bingo" said Ron happily as Harry and Hermione looked astonished at him.
"Today you will be brewing the Cruxtitions potion. If you read your chapter last night as you were told to than you should know what ingredients are needed to make this complicated potion. I trust that you already know that I will be selecting potions at random and testing them on students, so get into pairs because you have to test your partner's potion. You have half of this class to prepare your potions, than the next half will be used to test them." said Snape and he once again left the room.
Ron and Harry paired up while the rest of the class all got into pairs too. Neville and Seamus were force to partner up now that Ron had changed the order of things for the day. Ron had no plans to blow up Snape's classroom today; he just wanted to make it out quickly and peacefully without any catastrophes. He had enough excitement from last night.
"I wonder how those two are going to do" Ron muttered to himself quietly while looking at Neville and Seamus.
"What did you say mate?" asked Harry.
"Oh, um, nothing mate. Lets get the necessary ingredients and make this damn potion. I want this potion done as soon as possible" said Ron laughing.
When Ron and Harry got all the necessary ingredients, they started on their Cruxtitions potion. Ron insisted that he do all the work while he gave Harry instructions on cutting up roots and scarabs. Harry did everything Ron told him to do and didn't ask a lot of questions. Since Ron knew everything he needed to know about making the perfect Cruxtitions potion, he worked extremely fast. Ron's idea was to get this done as soon as possible so he could have some free time and chat with Harry.
"Ok all set" said Ron adding the last crucial ingredient. "Now all we have do is stir it every so often counterclockwise and it should be perfect. But don't stir it clockwise or else the potion will only be half as effective and Snape will give us bottom marks"
"Geeze Ron, are you sure it's good enough? I thought we were supposed to add more octopus tentacles" said Harry, looking down at his potion.
"No, adding too much octopus tentacles will make you exhale smoke. The potion's perfect, trust me" said Ron, clearing the desk of extra scarabs and beatles.
"Well I'm blaming you if I get a bad mark on this test" said Harry smiling.
"You won't" said Ron.
"Whoa, I think we're the only one's to finish Ron. In fact we're the only group to be in the brewing stage of the potion " said Harry, looking around the room to see the progress of everybody else.
"Yup, well I studied and mastered the technique. Learned it all from hard work and effort" said Ron grinning.
"Since when? We were only asked to read this section just last night and we both decided not to bother with it remember? In fact Hermione was the only one to read it. We played a few rounds of chess after our homework was done" said Harry.
"Yeah well I'm that damn good" said Ron laughing.
"Very funny" said Harry sarcastically. "I wouldn't be surprised if you completely guessed how to make this potion"
"We'll see when Snape gives you a 10 out of 10 mate" said Ron.
"Well now, are you going to tell me why you stopped Hermione and me from going around that corner?" said Harry.
Ron had to think fast and come up with a logical answer.
"I saw a shadow" lied Ron. "We were going to hit Malfoy if we didn't stop"
"How did you know it was Malfoy?" asked Harry, furrowing his brow.
"I didn't, it just turned out it was him" said Ron
"Oh" said Harry nodding slowly. "Good eye"
"Thanks" said Ron.
"Ron why are you two just standing around and talking? You should be preparing your potions" said Hermione bossily. She was a few feet away from Ron and Harry's table with Lavender cutting up her frog's eyes.
"We're in the brewing stages" said Ron mocking her.
"What?!" said Hermione dropping her knife and narrowly missing Lavender's hand.
"Yeah, all we have to do is watch and stir this goo" said Harry.
"There is no way you can be the brewing stages this early" said Hermione looking at her own ingredients as if she was comparing her work with Ron and Harry's.
"Well Ron did most of the work. He says he knows it all, frankly I think we're going to fail this test" said Harry laughing.
"Your faith in me is touching, Potter" said Ron sarcastically and the two boys laughed.
Hermione let out a giggle as did Lavender.
"Well I for one think you've done it all wrong. There's no way you're going to do well on this test if you're already in the brewing stages" said Hermione.
Ron didn't know wether to feel upset by this lack of confidence from Hermione or to laugh.
"How do you know? You haven't seen us working over here" said Ron.
"I don't need to see you working at your potion to know that you didn't do it right Ron. I know you well enough to know that you have never once completed a successful potion this quickly. Besides you didn't even read the chapter on the Cruxtitions Potion, even though Snape assigned it for reading. How can you possibly know what ingredients to use and how to correctly mix them?" said Hermione.
Harry and Lavender looked at Hermione as though she had just said a swear word.
Ron thought that Hermione had gone way too far this time. She had practically insulted him right in front of Harry and Lavender. An insult that he thought he didn't deserve. She was practically telling him that he was unable to do a good job in Potions. Even though she didn't see Ron prepare his and Harry's potion, she still managed to judge him before his potion was to be tested and it was all said and done. His first feeling was of anger toward Hermione but before he could say something nasty to her, he had another thought. Another idea had just gone and popped into his head.
"Instead of taking out my anger on Hermione, I'll just have to teach her a little lesson" he said to himself. Besides, anger never solves anything.
Ron had another idea formed in his head. This one was going to be very interesting and he was going to really rub Hermione's nose in this one. "Oh this is going to be good. Hermione won't know what hit her." Ron thought.
"Ron Weasley, this is the most brilliant plan you've ever come up with" Ron said to himself as he turned to challenge Hermione.
A/N: Thank you very much for reviewing!!!!
The next chapter is going to be a pretty fun one to write and hopefully to read as well. I have a few ideas flowing around in my head but that's for future chapters.
No, Ron is not going to actually going to hit Hermione with anything physical.
But It's going to be fun.
Q: Want a clue??
A: Well ok, the clue is that Ron won't be out walking around the grounds with Lavender this time.
Teaser:
Will he do it again? Will he ask someone else? Who will it be? How will it happen? Will Ron forget about Harry and that practice he's not suppose to be attending?
Again Thanks for the Reviews, don't be shy so keep reviewing :-)
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