Chapter two: Harry didn't see Ron until Transfiguration. He tried not to be cross with Ron but it would have made Double potion with the Slytherins a little more livable, if he had a friend to share the torture with. Harry would have thought Malfoy would have found it extremely funny to see Harry alone but, Malfoy just kept his head down all class.
Harry and Hermione stood outside Transfiguration class waiting with the rest of the Gryffindors to go inside. "Where is Ron ?" Hermione asked Harry, looking around at the crowd. "I donno" Harry replied. Leaving out the fact that he knew most likely why Ron was skipping classes. "Have you talked to the new girl? "Hermione asked,"She's actually quite nice! She transferred from a school in America, so, I don't know how caught up she'll be in her studies....but, it looks like she's making friends here. So, that's good. Oh, look, there's Ron!" Harry saw Ron walking over in their direction. "Where have you been? "Hermione demanded, "You've missed a very important Potions lesson........" Luckily for Ron he didn't have time to answer because just then Professor McGonagal hurried them into the class.
"Today class, now that you're finally at the 6th year level; we will be doing something a little more advanced. She waved her wand and her desk turned into a pig and back again. "Looks easy? It's not. I don't expect most of you to be able to do this by the end of the class but I'd like you all to try. Harry looked around the class and not to his surprise the only person who was smiling was Hermione. "Now," Professor McGonagal continued, "the spell is Changus Precarius, can u all say that?"
"Changus Precarius" the class groaned slowly. It seemed like they had already given up. As Professor McGonagal showed the class the hand movement, Harry leaned over to Ron. "Where were you? You missed Potions!" Harry said in a hoarse whisper. "I, I didn't mean too! Ron whispered back. He lifted up his pant leg to show Harry a cast. "I, erm, fell down the stairs...."He said turning red. "What?" Harry said laughing, "I thought you were just skipping cause you were mad or something." Ron shook his head. "Ten gallons that the only person who will turn their desk into a pig is Hermione." Harry looked around to see a bunch of annoyed looking classmates making little pops' and bangs' come out of the end of their wands. Seamus to no ones surprise had already burnt half of his desk and not to mention his eyebrows. It seemed even Hermione was having trouble. She was muttering under her breath and Ron could tell she was concentrating hard. The medicine Madam Pomfrey had given Ron for his leg was starting to make him drowsy. He rested his head on his desk and closed his eyes. About two minutes later he heard Lavender squeal "Oooooo! Look Professor, Katherine's done it!" The whole class turned to look. In the place of Katherine's desk was a fully-grown Pig snorting and trying to crawl on Katherine's lap. "UGH!" Katherine exclaimed laughing as she tried to push the pig off of her. "Very good, Miss Smith!" Professor McGonagal exclaimed, flicking her wand and saying the counter curse causing the desk to be sitting on Katherine's lap. The whole class cracked up, except for Hermione who Ron could see out of the corner of his eye giving Katherine a very dirty look.
Later that day at suppertime Harry and Ron were discussing Quidditch next to very bored and depressed looking Hermione when Lavender and Katherine came bounding up to them. "Guess what we heard? There's going to be a Halloween Ball. We heard a couple of prefects talking!" Hermione looked at them with disgust. "Look at who you're talking to. I am a prefect, you don't think I know? Oh, and as a prefect I'm going to have to ask you to keep quite because right now that topic is Top Secret." "I didn't even know!" Katherine exclaimed. Hermione lifted up her books and marched out of the Great Hall. "What's her problem?" Lavender asked watching Hermione walk away. Harry shrugged. "So, who're you guys going to take?" Katherine asked. She was asking all three of them but was only looking at Ron. He moved uncomfortably in his chair. Stay cool, stay cool, Ron couldn't help but think. " I donno" he replied looking right back at her. "C'mon Harry." Harry and Ron got up. Ron couldn't help but grin back at them as they left the Great Hall.