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A/N: ^.^ You guys are so cool!
No Name, lol- I thought so too!
HoshiHikari4ever- Well, he was already a couple months old and babies usually start teething at around 4-7 months and that's only on average. I don't really know what personality he's going to take on yet. ^.^ I'm still trying to work that all out.
TwinEnigma- ^.^ Poor Harry......the evil things I do to him. And I want to hug Tom too. Just not when he's crying or anything.
RaistlinofMetallica- No, I'm the one who should be thanking you! And thanks for reminding me, I was more worried about first steps......
Andromeda Snape-Malfoy- I'm glad you're glad. And yes, he is.
GoddessMoonLady- ^.^ I have four nieces and nephews so I know how it goes. Luckily, I'm the youngest in the family! And that is a wonderful idea! Thank you! I'll be sure to put it in, like in either this chapter or the next....
EvilLaughKid()- Yea, I know Tom needs a mommy.. and wow...you seem to have really thought all that through...though you leave me a lot to work with. I still don't know about hooking Harry up with someone until the later chapters...it just doesn't seem right to me to have all of a sudden love interest...but I will keep all that you said in mind (even if it's a lot to remember) and I don't think this will be a Ron/Hermione fic either......just seems to common and over-done.
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Seeing as no one was really paying all that much attention to Tom the baby, Tom decided to be a baby on a mission. The little knocking over the play pen was easy enough and it was a shame no one noticed since they were all so keen on the lecture Lupin was giving on shielding spells. Next came the crawling to the desks! Baby on a mission made his way over to where one Neville Longbottom was sitting.
Now as to no one noticing the baby it came as a rather shock to the said Neville Longbottom when he felt something tug on his shoe laces. He decided to ignore it however when it didn't happen again right away. This was a terrible mistake. For he screamed like a little girl (namely the author) when confronted with a hairy spider when something bit him on the leg (this has happened to the author, thank the little children she has had to babysit).
"AGRH! SOMETHING BIT ME!!!!!" this came from a brown haired blur that ran right behind Hermione and cowered. Harry and Ron traded looks with first each other then with Hermione as Neville kept peaking out from behind the bushy haired girl.
"What happened?" asked Hermione who was bewildered and wondering if she should be complimented that Neville chose to hide behind her.
"Something...wet....bit me.." Neville pointed to his seat "Over there"
Shrugging at each other Hermione, Ron, and Harry took it upon themselves to go see what the offending thing was that bit Neville. They got to his desk and looked under it but sure enough, nothing was there. They looked at each other and did the customary shrug.
Meanwhile, the mischievous and super-fast crawling Tom had gotten to the next table with Neville's wand in hand. The cute baby sat up with the wand in it's little grubby hands. "Brrr!" (Translation: 'I have the ultimate weapon!') he gurgled out bouncing in his spot like the happy baby he was.
With all the 'strength' he could muster, baby Tom pointed the wand in a random direction (which so happened to be Ron Weasley's head) and babbled "Gah!" (Translation: It works!) just as the infamous red hair turned purple. (A/N: Thanks Lee for the color!)
Since Ron didn't feel a thing he went on as if nothing was out of the ordinary. The first to notice Ron's change in hair color was Harry who snorted with laughter at how ridiculous his friend looked.
"What's wrong Har-" Hermione stopped mid-sentence as she got a full view of Ron's hair. Her mouth went in a tight line and her body shook as she tried to keep from laughing. The used-to-be-red-haired-boy-now-purple-haired Ron saw this and wondered what was so funny when the whole class turned to see the odd colored hair and laughed.
"What are you all laughing at?" he asked bewildered.
Lupin, who was trying to compose himself, managed to conjure a mirror for Ron to look in. The youngest Weasley boy's eyes went wide and he looked like a gold-fish gazing into the mirror.
"How- I – what" Ron stuttered, not quite able to get any words out.
Finally controlling his laughter, Remus Lupin spotted the giggling Tom holding onto Neville's wand. Going over to the baby and plucking the wand out of his hands, Lupin returned the wand to it's rightful owner and picked up Tom.
"Don't worry Ron. It was just Tom here, seems he had managed to get a hold of a wand" the professor said getting Tom's teething ring and handing it to the still giggling child. Tom took his little toy and started gnawing on it once again.
"But...my hair" Ron said meekly pointing to the offending purple patch on his head. At this time, Hermione had gotten her laughter down enough to fix Ron's hair with a spell that she got out of some book.
All laughter had died down when Ron's hair became it's normal color and he glared at baby Tom. Said child just happily chewed on his teething ring.
"Are you sure Tom lost all his memories?" the turned-back-red-head grumbled while Harry took Tom and put him back in his play pen.
Instead of anyone answering they all just laughed at him.
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The rest of the day passed by more or less uneventful with the very few exceptions when Tom managed to get a few wands in his grasp and Ron went diving under any table that was close by. Now the Trio, with Tom, found themselves in Harry's little common room, studying. It was a little surprising when Ron announced that he was done first.
"Ha! Finished! Take that Hermione!" He shouted victoriously, slamming down his quill on the table.
Hermione simply rolled her eyes and kept working as Harry looked rather concerned at Tom who was in his little baby walker. Little Tom looked up at Harry with a funny expression and it registered in Harry's brain. Harry picked up Tom and sniffed at him before pulling away with a disgusted expression.
"Guys" he called out and Ron stopped all gloating as Hermione looked up from her work "Tom needs a change and I still need to finish this...."
His eyes lingered on Hermione before falling on Ron who now had a horrified expression.
"Oh no mate! I don't do diapers!" He said pushing away from the table as if trying to get as far away from them as possible.
"Please Ron?" Harry pleaded as Hermione tried her own tactics.
"It's not like you're doing anything since you finished your homework."
"I will not!" declared the Weasley.
"Listen, if you change Tom's diaper then I'll check this over" Hermione proposed signaling to Ron's homework.
Knowing that they were going to bribe him until he did it, he decided to get it over with. "Alright, I'll do it."
Ron resigned himself to his fate and picked up Tom heading to the nursing room. Harry and Hermione smiled at each other before going back to their work.
It was only about one minutes later when they heard a shout from the nursing room.
"THE LITTLE BUGGER PISSED ON ME!"
Once again Harry and Hermione found themselves laughing at their red-headed friend. (Thank you GoddessMoonLady!)
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End of Chapter!
What did you think? Did I do good? What am I missing that are usual baby problems or developments?
Please REVIEW!
A/N: ^.^ You guys are so cool!
No Name, lol- I thought so too!
HoshiHikari4ever- Well, he was already a couple months old and babies usually start teething at around 4-7 months and that's only on average. I don't really know what personality he's going to take on yet. ^.^ I'm still trying to work that all out.
TwinEnigma- ^.^ Poor Harry......the evil things I do to him. And I want to hug Tom too. Just not when he's crying or anything.
RaistlinofMetallica- No, I'm the one who should be thanking you! And thanks for reminding me, I was more worried about first steps......
Andromeda Snape-Malfoy- I'm glad you're glad. And yes, he is.
GoddessMoonLady- ^.^ I have four nieces and nephews so I know how it goes. Luckily, I'm the youngest in the family! And that is a wonderful idea! Thank you! I'll be sure to put it in, like in either this chapter or the next....
EvilLaughKid()- Yea, I know Tom needs a mommy.. and wow...you seem to have really thought all that through...though you leave me a lot to work with. I still don't know about hooking Harry up with someone until the later chapters...it just doesn't seem right to me to have all of a sudden love interest...but I will keep all that you said in mind (even if it's a lot to remember) and I don't think this will be a Ron/Hermione fic either......just seems to common and over-done.
~*~*~*~
Seeing as no one was really paying all that much attention to Tom the baby, Tom decided to be a baby on a mission. The little knocking over the play pen was easy enough and it was a shame no one noticed since they were all so keen on the lecture Lupin was giving on shielding spells. Next came the crawling to the desks! Baby on a mission made his way over to where one Neville Longbottom was sitting.
Now as to no one noticing the baby it came as a rather shock to the said Neville Longbottom when he felt something tug on his shoe laces. He decided to ignore it however when it didn't happen again right away. This was a terrible mistake. For he screamed like a little girl (namely the author) when confronted with a hairy spider when something bit him on the leg (this has happened to the author, thank the little children she has had to babysit).
"AGRH! SOMETHING BIT ME!!!!!" this came from a brown haired blur that ran right behind Hermione and cowered. Harry and Ron traded looks with first each other then with Hermione as Neville kept peaking out from behind the bushy haired girl.
"What happened?" asked Hermione who was bewildered and wondering if she should be complimented that Neville chose to hide behind her.
"Something...wet....bit me.." Neville pointed to his seat "Over there"
Shrugging at each other Hermione, Ron, and Harry took it upon themselves to go see what the offending thing was that bit Neville. They got to his desk and looked under it but sure enough, nothing was there. They looked at each other and did the customary shrug.
Meanwhile, the mischievous and super-fast crawling Tom had gotten to the next table with Neville's wand in hand. The cute baby sat up with the wand in it's little grubby hands. "Brrr!" (Translation: 'I have the ultimate weapon!') he gurgled out bouncing in his spot like the happy baby he was.
With all the 'strength' he could muster, baby Tom pointed the wand in a random direction (which so happened to be Ron Weasley's head) and babbled "Gah!" (Translation: It works!) just as the infamous red hair turned purple. (A/N: Thanks Lee for the color!)
Since Ron didn't feel a thing he went on as if nothing was out of the ordinary. The first to notice Ron's change in hair color was Harry who snorted with laughter at how ridiculous his friend looked.
"What's wrong Har-" Hermione stopped mid-sentence as she got a full view of Ron's hair. Her mouth went in a tight line and her body shook as she tried to keep from laughing. The used-to-be-red-haired-boy-now-purple-haired Ron saw this and wondered what was so funny when the whole class turned to see the odd colored hair and laughed.
"What are you all laughing at?" he asked bewildered.
Lupin, who was trying to compose himself, managed to conjure a mirror for Ron to look in. The youngest Weasley boy's eyes went wide and he looked like a gold-fish gazing into the mirror.
"How- I – what" Ron stuttered, not quite able to get any words out.
Finally controlling his laughter, Remus Lupin spotted the giggling Tom holding onto Neville's wand. Going over to the baby and plucking the wand out of his hands, Lupin returned the wand to it's rightful owner and picked up Tom.
"Don't worry Ron. It was just Tom here, seems he had managed to get a hold of a wand" the professor said getting Tom's teething ring and handing it to the still giggling child. Tom took his little toy and started gnawing on it once again.
"But...my hair" Ron said meekly pointing to the offending purple patch on his head. At this time, Hermione had gotten her laughter down enough to fix Ron's hair with a spell that she got out of some book.
All laughter had died down when Ron's hair became it's normal color and he glared at baby Tom. Said child just happily chewed on his teething ring.
"Are you sure Tom lost all his memories?" the turned-back-red-head grumbled while Harry took Tom and put him back in his play pen.
Instead of anyone answering they all just laughed at him.
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The rest of the day passed by more or less uneventful with the very few exceptions when Tom managed to get a few wands in his grasp and Ron went diving under any table that was close by. Now the Trio, with Tom, found themselves in Harry's little common room, studying. It was a little surprising when Ron announced that he was done first.
"Ha! Finished! Take that Hermione!" He shouted victoriously, slamming down his quill on the table.
Hermione simply rolled her eyes and kept working as Harry looked rather concerned at Tom who was in his little baby walker. Little Tom looked up at Harry with a funny expression and it registered in Harry's brain. Harry picked up Tom and sniffed at him before pulling away with a disgusted expression.
"Guys" he called out and Ron stopped all gloating as Hermione looked up from her work "Tom needs a change and I still need to finish this...."
His eyes lingered on Hermione before falling on Ron who now had a horrified expression.
"Oh no mate! I don't do diapers!" He said pushing away from the table as if trying to get as far away from them as possible.
"Please Ron?" Harry pleaded as Hermione tried her own tactics.
"It's not like you're doing anything since you finished your homework."
"I will not!" declared the Weasley.
"Listen, if you change Tom's diaper then I'll check this over" Hermione proposed signaling to Ron's homework.
Knowing that they were going to bribe him until he did it, he decided to get it over with. "Alright, I'll do it."
Ron resigned himself to his fate and picked up Tom heading to the nursing room. Harry and Hermione smiled at each other before going back to their work.
It was only about one minutes later when they heard a shout from the nursing room.
"THE LITTLE BUGGER PISSED ON ME!"
Once again Harry and Hermione found themselves laughing at their red-headed friend. (Thank you GoddessMoonLady!)
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End of Chapter!
What did you think? Did I do good? What am I missing that are usual baby problems or developments?
Please REVIEW!