"Dances with Snakes"
By Minagorishi
Hey, everybody! Hope you enjoyed chapter 2! This is the final chapter for now, but I'll probably have a new one for next week. I've almost finished the next update for "Parents", as well, but I might not be able to put that up until next week. Please enjoy!
Disclaimer: As you all may or may not have surmised at this point, this is a FAN fiction, meaning that a fan of the actual literary work was the one that wrote it, not the actual author. Therefore, it can further be surmised that I DO NOT own Harry Potter, or anything else, for that matter.
Warnings: As with most of my stories, this contains a male/male pairing. If you are uncomfortable with this, please do not complain to me when I write about two guys making out—it would be your fault if you didn't bother to read this. Further, characters, upon occasion, will be slightly out of character. Again, if you complain, I will delete your review, as you will have had prior warning. Those who flame will also have their reviews deleted, as I do not appreciate them. If you are going to critique my writings, please do so in a proper manner. There is also quite a bit of Ron-bashing. You have been warned. Any warnings hereafter shall be posted when they are thought of.
Summary: A mysterious Slytherin girl asks Harry to dance with her at the Halloween Ball that Dumbledore had decided to hold. While they dance, Harry is informed as to why the Slytherins REALLY keep their distance—and the results are life altering for the Golden trio, as well as one other...
"MUMMY!" Ron roared, launching himself at Ginny and knocking her over. Ginny cursed colorfully as she hit the floor, causing Ron to giggle. "Mummy, you're not supposed to say words like that! You always yell at Fwed an' George an' Bill for sayin' that stuff." He paused thoughtfully. "Wait 'till I tell 'em!" With that, Ron made to run off, presumably to find his older brothers.
It was then that Ginny finally regained her wits. "Ronald Weasley! Get back here at once or I won't scare the spiders out from under your bed for a week!"
Harry and Draco's jaws dropped as Ron reappeared at Ginny's side almost instantaneously, tears streaming down his face, begging her to keep the spiders away. "OK, I will, but you have to stay right here while I talk to these two boys, alright?" Ron nodded, and she walked to the other end of the entrance hall with Harry and Draco, who were still hysterical with laughter.
"Bloody hell, Ginny, I knew he was afraid of spiders, but isn't that a bit much?" Harry asked in between giggles. This last statement finally got Ginny to brake into peals of laughter.
"For some reason, when he was really little, he would think he saw spiders under his bed. It was probably Fred and George putting them there and then taking them out when Mum went to check, but I don't really know. Anyway, whenever Ron would do something bad, Mum would threaten not to get the spiders out from under the bed for however much time, usually a week."
Ginny's mood turned sober. "What the sodding hell did you two do to him?"
Draco stepped back, gesturing for Harry to tell the story. Harry, in turn, glared at the Malfoy and began the tale. By the time the story was finished, Ginny was in tears from laughing so much. Ron saw this and walked over to them.
"Mummy, why are you crying? Did these two meanies say something mean to you?" Ron's childlike statement once again had Harry and Draco laughing hysterically.
"I must say, Weasley," Draco began, "this is the first time I've ever seen you act even remotely close to your age."
"Still, we should go get Dumbledore. Harry, can you and Draco go get him while I watch Ron?" Harry nodded in agreement and he and Draco rushed off to find the headmaster, who was coincidentally leaving the Great Hall in search of them.
"Ah, Harry my boy, and Mr. Malfoy," the twinkle in the headmaster's eyes diminished slightly at the sight of the Malfoy heir with his favorite pupil. "What can I help you with?"
After getting over the brief shock of the headmaster's uncanny knack of being exactly in the right place at the right time, Harry explained their story once more, conveniently leaving out the part about he and Draco snogging in the entrance hall once more.
"So, you are telling me that young Mr. Weasley has become of the mindset of a five-year-old?" The boys nodded. "And he thinks Ginny is Molly?" They nodded again. "Oh, dear me. We must do something about this. Harry, please fetch Ms. Granger."
Harry and Draco went into the Great Hall in search of Hermione, who was in search of Harry and Ron. "Harry! Thank goodness I've found—" The girl froze in her tracks when she saw Draco with him. "What the sodding hell is Malfoy doing here?"
Harry coughed. "Draco is here because we were told by the headmaster to find you. The two of us wound up hexing Ron, and now he is acting like—and has the memories of—a five-year-old."
"Harry, you said that incorrectly." Draco stated. Harry shot him a confused look. "Weasley always acts like a five-year-old. His memories are all that have changed." The two boys looked at each other and once more burst out laughing.
Hermione was at first shocked at this behavior, but then remembered what Harry had said before he had left she and Ron in the Great Hall. Realization dawned on her features. "You two were snogging in the entrance hall when he walked out, weren't you?" The laughter stopped and the two boys nodded somberly, causing Hermione, much to Harry and Draco's chagrin, to burst into laughter, herself. "Then the rotten git had it bloody coming to him!" Harry and Draco joined in the laughter.
Poor Ron! Now even Hermione is against him! Serves him right, though... Hope you enjoyed!