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Chapter 12: A flower for you
Hermione rushed into the room and sat down next to Ron.
"Thank you for the card." She whispered as she pulled out her transfiguration book, quill, parchment, and wand.
Ron blushed. "Your welcome," he murmured looking down at the cover of the book that lay in front of him.
"It was very sweet of you. Especially since you think the holiday is stupid." She said as McGongall entered the classroom.
"Good afternoon class. Please turned to the chapter on transfiguring solid objects." she instructed as she sauntered to the front of the class. The room is filled with the sound of pages flipping as everyone turns to the right page. "Today class we will be practicing turning solid objects, such as rocks, into something that was once growing."
The classed stared at her puzzled. No one was quite sure what she had meant.
"For example, I will take this rock and transfigure it into a daisy." McGongall said further and took out her wand. She did a flip of the wrist and said, "Veritus." Right before their eyes the once ugly rock was now a small daisy. With another flick of her wrist and the word, "Veritum" the flower turned back into a daisy.
"Now I know that not all of you really want to turn rocks into flowers, so if you so choose there is a spell to transfigure them into trees instead. You will find these instructions on page 342. The rest of you will read page 332. When you have finished reading, you may come and get your rock and begin practicing." She said and took a seat behind her desk.
Next to Ron, Hermione zoomed through the required reading. After all she had read the whole book before it was now just a reminder reading. She was the first one to complete her reading and began practicing. Neville and Ron came up last.
Soon the class was filled with people shouting the incantations and rocks turning halfway or fully into flowers or trees. Hermione managed to get hers to turn into a pink tulip on the first try. Ron, on the other hand, was having a little bit of trouble.
Finally, after he was far beyond frustration, Hermione offered to help him.
"Fine," he muttered feeling stupid. She preformed the spell in front of him. He watched her movements then she asked him to try it with her. He picked up his wand and they said the spell together. This time Ron managed to make his rock transform halfway into a red rose. At this Ron smiled. Hermione smiled at him taking in the rise of happiness in his face.
"Now keep practicing. You just about have it." She encouraged. Ron nodded and began to transform his flower rock back into a rock and back into a flower. After his third try he managed to get it practically into a really flower.
By the end of the class, Hermione had managed to perform both the flower and tree transfigurations and Ron had managed to get his rock to completely transform into a perfect real red rose.
"Alright class you may return the rocks to the box and you are dismissed." Professor McGongall said as class came to an end.
Ron looked down at the red rose in front of him. He picked it up and handed it to Hermione. "Here. For helping me." He said and pushed back his chair. Hermione's jaw dropped but she quickly recovered trying not to look so shocked.
"Thanks," she stuttered. She took it from him and lay it on the table next to her book. He smiled at her then reached down and shoved his book into his bag and his wand into his pocket. As he picked up his bag, it knocked into the table. Hermione's transfiguration book tittered on the edge of the table and when Ron' bag bumped into it, the book fell to the floor.
Ron blushed. "Sorry," he murmured and bent down to pick it up. As he did so, a piece of folded parchment fell to the ground. Hermione picked it up and found it to be another note from the secret admirer. Ron watched her as she opened it up and read it's words.
Hermione,
"Love knows no reasons,
love knows no lies.
Love defies all reasons,
love has no eyes.
But love is not blind,
love sees but doesn't mind."
-Anonymous
Your Secret Admirer
She smiled. The quotes always seemed to hit home. They were perfect for her. This person was either a really good guesser or someone who really knew her. The only two she could think of that knew her that well and they were Harry and Ron. But it couldn't be Harry because he really liked Ginny and it couldn't be Ron because he was the least romantic person in the world and had shown no interest in her. But secretly her heart wished it would be Ron but her mind knew it wouldn't be. But who was it? That was still unanswerable question.
"Another note from Mr. Romantic?" Harry asked as he interrupted her thoughts. Hermione nodded as she put the note in her pocket and tossed her stuff into her bag.
"Well shall we get to Potions? You know Snape will have a cupid if we get there late." Hermione said with a smile as she picked up her rose. Harry and Ron laughed.
"She's right you know." Ron said as the trio headed for the exit. "Normally it would be a cow but I think even Valentine's day can have some sort effect on Snape especially because he hates the holiday almost as much as I do."
"Well aren't we a regular Scrooge of Valentine's day." Harry said as they exited the room.
"You don't know half of it." Ron muttered.
