January 18, 1998
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Scotland
A Broom Cupboard
You'd think that after you fight Voldemort and Death Eaters on a regular basis for nearly seven years, blind panic would be a fairly familiar sensation. You'd also think that, as such you'd be used to thinking and talking and acting through it.
No such luck.
"Bloody hell." I gasped. It was dark, really, really dark, and I was really, really disoriented. The best I could do was glare blurrily at something which was shaped like a human being. "Did that just...bloody hell... what... how ... why?"
"You know Mr. Weasley, I do believe that was babbling." A blob slightly to the left of the one I was staring at moved closer to me. I attempted to take an involuntary step back, but was stopped by the simple fact that I was wedged into a corner.
"Um...okay..." I said, wondering if the thing pressed against my thigh was the doorknob. "And babbling's... good, somehow?"
"Oh yes, very."She-it was a she, right?-was moving rather too close for comfort. "You're very cute when you babble."
I wanted to ask how she-it was definitely a she, I could tell that now-could possibly see whether or not I was cute, but opted for the more useful question.
"Who the bloody hell are you?"
"Guess." she implored, pressing up against me, making it very, very hard to say anything that even vaguely resembled the English language. Or any language for that matter. In fact, I think what I said was "Grvzpltqrpt?"
"Hmm...I don't think there's anyone by that name in this school. Try again." she breathed into my ear. My mind chose that minute to ground back into action, and quickly procured the following list.
Girl Devious Enough to Ambush Me on My Way to Divination, Stuff Me in a Broom Closet, and Then Proceed to Snog My Brains Out
1) Someone from Slytherin-let's not go their
2) Ginny-eww...
Which leaves my crush as of nearly three years ago...
"Hermione?" I asked hopefully
"Right" she answered. Before snogging my brains out again. Unfortunately, we were interrupted by the whole of Hogwarts beginning to shake as the wall separating us from McGonagall's class collapsed.
AUTHORS NOTES, REPLIES AND RAMBLINGS:
A) If anyone wants to guess who Rodney is, please feel free.
B) Chapters are going to be short, but that means I'll be able to update faster.
C) This is Ron's POV, in case you couldn't figure that out. This is, obviously, Ron/Hermione, with a little Harry/Ginny and Neville/Luna, even though JK has officially said those two won't get together. Atlantis pairings pending.
D) Reviews, as always, are greatly appreciated. There's a nice little button just waiting to be poked in the bottom left hand corner...
