V is for Voldemort
"Voldemort," Ron whispered, who blushed when Hermione and Harry looked at him.
"After all thats happened, you still can't say it loud?" Harry asked.
Ron shook his head.
"Even after all the lectures Hermione's given everyone about 'fear of a word increases the fear of the thing itself?"
Ron nodded.
Hermione shook her head,
"Ronald..."
"What! It's hard! All my life our family had to live in fear of him, I can't just turn off the fear switch!"
"He killed my parents and I can say his name...He tried to kill me, still can say his name."
"I can say his name and I'm muggle born and friends with Harry so he wanted me dead. I can still say his name." Hermione reasoned.
"Yea but-"
"Maybe it'd be easier for you if you called him Voldie, because it's casual and easy to say. Voldie..."
Hermione nodded vigerously,
"That's good Harry! Voldie, it just rolls off the tongue."
Ron looked at both of them as though they were insane,
"You two are insane!"
"Yes, we are."
"But we've got to help you out with this! We can't have the Great Harry Potter's friend not able to say Voldemort!"
Ron stared at Harry,
"No one calls you 'Great Harry Potter'."
"No one calls you Ronald," Harry bit back.
"As a matter of fact, they do."
"Hermione and your mum don't count."
"Damn."
"Guys! Focus!" Hermione demanded, losing her paitence, "Honestly your like a pair of two year olds!"
Ron rubbed his head against her arm like a cat,
"But you loooooooooooooooove us!"
Hermione shook him off.
"Voldemort. Killed as many muggle borns as possible, killed many wizards too - including my parents, tried to kill me, killed Cedric, had his minons kill Dumbledore, caused two wars, took over peoples bodies, had a seventeen year old version of himself giving Ginny orders-"
"Okay Harry, we get it..." Ron interrupted, he shivered, "Didn't really need such a ghastly trip up memory lane."
"Wasn't that the whole point of this thing?" Harry asked, looking confused.
Hermione groaned,
"It's supposed to be fun! Not ghastly! We should've used the magazine..."
"The magazine sucked! Hermione it was general topics that could apply to anything. We could be doing 'V for Violins or something..."
"W..." Hermione ignored Harry.